Will the Democrats accept the results of the FBI investigation?
(Daily Caller) President Donald Trump ordered the FBI to conduct an investigation into Christine Blasey Ford’s allegation of sexual misconduct against Judge Brett Kavanaugh as requested by the Senate Judiciary Committee on Friday.
“I’ve ordered the FBI to conduct a supplemental investigation to update Judge Kavanaugh’s file. As the Senate has requested, this update must be limited in scope and completed in less than one week,†White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders tweeted on behalf of the president.
The move comes after the committee convened to vote on advancing Kavanaugh’s nomination to the full Senate with a 11-10 recommendation on a party line vote. Republican Sen. Jeff Flake of Arizona voted “yes†with the condition that an FBI probe would briefly investigation Ford’s accusation against Kavanaugh.
Prior to the committee meeting, Flake announced that he would be voting to confirm Kavanaugh. Only after speaking with Democratic Sen. Chris Coons of Delaware did he include the condition of the FBI investigation.
Regardless of Flakes extreme #NeverTrump and Trump Derangement Syndrome attitudes, he’s voted with Trump the majority of the time and Kavanaugh is exactly the type of Conservative he would support. One of the reasons he surely did this, and we’ll never know them all, is that he’s using this as a way to attempt to get Democrats to just move on. Lindsay Graham stated
Graham said that in his opinion, “you can have the FBI, the CIA and the Foreign Legion” investigate Kavanaugh and still not find any new information.
He added that Flake just wants to make sure the process of confirming the nominee is fair.
“I’ve never felt better about [Kavanaugh] being on the bench than I do right now,” Graham said.
Flake wrote before the Judicial Committee vote “In fact, I commented at the time that had he been nominated in another era, he would have likely received 90+ votes.” This could be a way to increase that vote count from the unhinged Democrats.
Six FBI background checks found nothing worth investigating. In all these years nothing ever came up which gave pause to Kavanaugh sitting on any judicial bench, not coaching all sorts of girls teams in his private life. Will Democrats drop the matter when this one comes back the same as others?
New statement from Debra Katz, Christine Blasey Ford’s lawyer, says Ford welcomes the FBI investigation and “no artificial limits as to time or scope should be imposed on this investigation." pic.twitter.com/FRWKLmeT5m
— MJ Lee (@mj_lee) September 28, 2018
So, Ford’s lawyer is trying to expand the probe in time and scope. Will Democrats go with and demand more time? Mitch McConnell looks like he’s moving forward
The Senate had been expected to begin debate on Kavanaugh’s nomination this weekend, but after Trump’s order, McConnell adjourned the body until Monday. A potential confirmation vote may not come until late next week, next weekend or perhaps the week of Oct. 7.
“This is a nomination that deserves to move forward — and that is precisely what is happening,” McConnell, R-Ky., said on the Senate floor Friday.
Added McConnell, “Now we will keep the process moving.”
Come next Friday, the investigation needs to be over. We’ll probably have a report by Wednesday. McConnell should immediately move to debate.
More: Here’s Excitable Corey Booker
My thoughts on Senator Jeff Flake’s request for an FBI investigation before the Senate #KavanaughVote: pic.twitter.com/8JSpOnvmLG
— Cory Booker (@CoryBooker) September 28, 2018
He supports a one week investigation. Place your bets on what day Corey says that one week is not enough.
