Daily Mail
October 5, 2018
The Trump White House said in the wee hours of Thursday morning that it is ‘fully confident’ Judge Brett Kavanaugh will win final confirmation to the U.S. Supreme Court when the Senate holds a vote. That could happen as soon as Saturday.
The final week in an unusually long and rancorous process reached its climax Thursday morning with the FBI’s delivery of its findings from a new round of background-check interviews. They were conducted at the White House’s request after amoderate Republican senator, Jeff Flake of Arizona, said he would be unwilling to support Kavanaugh without it.
Kavanaugh found himself at the receiving end of a steady drip of sexual assault allegations last month, all of them dating back decades and each meeting with his stern denial. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell invoked a parliamentary maneuver called cloture on Wednesday night, setting in motion the process of stopping debate and moving toward a final roll call.
‘The White House has received the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s supplemental background investigation into Judge Kavanaugh, and it is being transmitted to the Senate,’ Principal Deputy White House Press Secretary Raj Shah said in a statement. ‘With Leader McConnell’s cloture filing, Senators have been given ample time to review this seventh background investigation.’
This article was posted: Friday, October 5, 2018 at 7:39 am
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