Crapo says that he believes that Ford was testifying truthfully that she was the victim of a sexual assault. He then says that he believes Kavanaugh was testifying truthfully. He then concludes: "Because of that, I will vote yes today" to advance Kavanaugh's nomination.
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Flake and Sasse are back, and Flake is speaking.
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Flake: “I think it would be proper to delay the floor vote for up to but not more than 1 week” to allow for further FBI investigation, “to do all due diligence.” He will still vote to allow the nomination to proceed.
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The nominee has been voted out of committee on an 11-10 vote. Flake: “I will only be comfortable moving forward on the floor” with a one-week delay to allow for the FBI to do further investigation.
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KEY FROM FLAKE: "I'll move it out of committee, but I will only be comfortable moving on the floor until the FBI has done more investigation than they have already."pic.twitter.com/nEFO84oAtZ
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Graham: "But having said this, this is democracy."
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@pdmcleod on what went down this morning: After A Delay And Drama The Senate Judiciary Committee Has Voted In Favor Of Brett Kavanaugh's Nomination —>https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/paulmcleod/kavanaugh-vote-jeff-flake-fbi-investigation-delay …Show this thread -
After a huddle in McConnell’s office —>https://twitter.com/pdmcleod/status/1045754779119554560?s=21 …
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Let's be clear about what just happened: The president has now done the exact thing that Trump, Sanders, Shah, McConnell, Grassley, and DOJ acted all confused about for the past two weeks.https://twitter.com/PressSec/status/1045779267827699712 …
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