Posted on 09/28/2018 2:34:34 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
President Trump on Friday asked the FBI to investigate sexual assault allegations against Brett Kavanaugh after Senate Republicans agreed to a one-week investigation, temporarily delaying his nomination to the Supreme Court.
“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,” Trump said in the statement released by the White House.
The Senate Judiciary Committee on Friday afternoon requested that Trump instruct the FBI to conduct the supplemental investigation after Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) and others called for the move.
Flake said the FBI should conduct an investigation that is “limited in scope and time,” and said it should focus solely on credible accusations against Kavanaugh and last no longer than a week.
Multiple senators, including Sens. Susan Collins (R-Maine), Lisa Murkwski (R-Alaska), Joe Manchin (D-W.V.) and Heidi Heitkamp (D-N.D.) soon followed.
Flake, after outlining his call for the supplemental FBI investigation, joined other Republicans on the Judiciary Committee on Friday in voting to send Kavanaugh's nomination to the full Senate.
Republicans are set to hold a procedural vote on Kavanaugh's nomination on Saturday, though a final vote set for early next week is likely to be delayed to allow the FBI investigation to wrap up.
Democrats had been calling for such an investigation for days and received GOP support following a rollercoaster day on Capitol Hill on Thursday, when Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford testified before the Judiciary panel.
Ford delivered gripping testimony outlining her allegation that Kavanaugh pinned her to a bed and tried to remove her clothes during a house gathering in 1982 when she and Kavanaugh were high schoolers.
Kavanaugh, who has flatly denied the allegations, offered a forceful defense of himself during the hearing. Speaking after Ford, the nominee called his confirmation process a "national disgrace" and insisted he had never sexually assaulted anyone.
Trump on Friday afternoon called Ford a "credible" witness and described her testimony as "compelling," but also praised Kavanaugh's performance and told reporters at the White House that he had given no thought to having another nominee.
Ugh...
Investigating the wrong person.
Trump is not stupid.
This poor man. Another round of torture.
Are they bringing back Strzok for this?
How bout an investigation of Hillary and her ilk? Along with the entire Ovomit administration.
Any credible investigation should include ford.
This poor man. Another round of torture.
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True. But if he makes it, he has a lifetime to teach the yahoos some manners.
Hahahahahaha!
Comey was on Twitter last night saying his investigative skills lead him to believe that Kavanaugh is lying.
Even I could do it. It shouldn't take any longer than to write an e-mail.
14 Sept: CNBC: Veteran GOP operative Bill Kristol is building a political war machine and seeking a Republican candidate to take on President Donald Trump in 2020
•He’s engaged with three potential Republican primary candidates who are outspoken critics of the president: Sen. Ben Sasse of Nebraska, outgoing Sen. Jeff Flake of Arizona and Ohio Gov. John Kasich
by Brian Schwartz
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/09/14/bill-kristol-prepares-2020-primary-juggernaut-to-take-on-trump.html
I believe how ever this turns out it is going to energize the conservative base and get even more people to the polls to support Trump/Kavanaugh. Dems not smart enough to have one bad day- they must extend their BS for another week. people are waking up that would not have paid attention.
Limited in scope ... “How can I answer your questions if you can’t tell me when the party was ?”
“limited in scope and time”
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Anyone who believes this is delusional. This is the new road for endless accusations against Kavanaugh.
Also, note that while everyone was looking at the squirrel, Flake voted to move it out of committee.
Something we don’t see is going on. When Trump hear about Flake today, he wasn’t upset and acted like this is ok. He should have been upset. ???
He’s playing along. Wonder what is really happening.
I’m going to look on the Bright Side.
If it’s going in his ‘permanent file’ then an FBI paper stamped “INNOCENT OF ALL BOGUS CHARGES BY Dr. FORD” might shut down the members of the Socialist Democrat Party.
I doubt it, but I’m being hopeful, here.
Remember, it’s: ‘The Art of the Deal.’ ;)
Bingo. They will pontificate for another week and piss of even more Deplorables, and after this no more freaking delays.
Maybe it will be a win-win...
You’ll notice that the statement was carefully worded as an investigation to update Judge Kavanaugh’s file, not an investigation OF Judge Kavanaugh. I think the investigation will look carefully at anyone connected to the allegations, including Dr. Ford.
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