He could have, probably WAS coerced to cover for the Clintons. President Trump may have set him free. I dunno. Mr. Trump is a pretty smart guy and a VSG so I’m going to trust his judgment. Also, no name never tried to block a Republican SCOTUS nominee that I remember.
“This whole two-week effort has been a calculated and orchestrated political hit fueled with apparent pent-up anger about president trump and the 2016 election, fear that has been unfairly stoked about my judicial record. Revenge on behalf of the Clintons and millions of dollars in money from outside left-wing opposition groups. This is a circus. The consequences will extend long past my nomination. The consequences will be with us for decades. This grotesque, character assassination will dissuade confident and good people of all political persuasions from serving our country and as we all know in the political system of the early 2000s, what goes around comes around.”