Federal Bureau of Investigation report ‘shows no Kavanaugh misconduct’

“I might have been too emotional at times”, he wrote of his Senate testimony last week.

The same day, The Washington Post published an editorial calling on the Senate not to confirm Kavanaugh.

There’s no guarantee that the senators who supported moving forward will back Kavanaugh on the final vote.

Some supporters of Judge Kavanaugh seem to believe he should be confirmed unless it can be proven beyond a reasonable doubt that he engaged in sexual assault or perjury.

Comment has not been provided by Alaska’s Lisa Murkowski, the other Republican senator whose vote could prove critical to Kavanaugh’s confirmation. Two other women have also accused him of sexual misconduct during his university years. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, said, “The resistance is located right here on Capitol Hill'” and urged his colleagues to “say no to mob rule” by voting to confirm Kavanaugh. Shortly afterwards, Kavanaugh angrily and tearfully denied the charges before the judicial committee. Neither has Democrat Joe Manchin of West Virginia. “It’s been sent to the Senate, no White House editing”, Shah said. If she opposes Kavanaugh, she risks alienating conservative voters who support him.

The Senate is split 51 Republicans to 49 Democrats and independents. Under that scenario, Vice President Pence would be called upon to break a tie.

Trump, himself accused by numerous women during the 2016 presidential race of sexual misconduct, wrote on Twitter that the Federal Bureau of Investigation report showed that the allegations against Kavanaugh were “totally uncorroborated”.

I’ve tried to commit and I think I’ve carried out what I promised immediately, that we were going to have a fair and thorough process.

Mr Schumer called for the report to be made public as well as the directive the White House gave the FBI ordering the investigation.

Allegations that Kavanaugh sexually assaulted Christine Blasey Ford when they were both teenagers have added to protests against the nomination. Kavanaugh has denied the claims.

The allegations of a third accuser, Julie Swetnick, were not a focus of the investigation.

It was not immediately clear if the report, seen already by some Democrats as inadequate, would satisfy senators who have concerns about Kavanaugh’s past, his character and temperament.

Prof Ford’s lawyer said eight people were not interviewed who could corroborate her claims, while Ms Ramirez’s lawyer said more than 20 witnesses were not contacted.

“When the noise fades, when the uncorroborated mud washes away, what’s left is the distinguished nominee who stands before us”, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on the Senate floor.

The votes are primarily split along party lines with the exception of a few lawmakers, such as Democratic Sen.

He is also in a tough re-election campaign and was silent on Kavanaugh in the days leading up to the vote. But a new NPR/PBS Newshour/Marist poll showed the Democratic advantage in voter enthusiasm slipping to only 2 points this week from 10 points in July.

“There’s nothing that Clarence did in the hearings that disqualified him from sitting in cases after he came on the court”, Stevens said. I have not changed.

As the U.S. Senate braced itself for Friday’s squeaker of a test vote on Brett Kavanaugh, the man who has led the Supreme Court nominee’s confirmation hearings said he has no idea how it will turn out.

In a linked development, more than 1,700 law professors signed a letter in the “New York Times” saying Mr Kavanaugh should not be confirmed because of the nature of his testimony last week.