Posted on 09/28/2018 6:29:47 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
President Trump touted the beginning of what he called the “seventh” FBI investigation into Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, expressing confidence for the judge's nomination, despite facing multiple allegations of sexual misconduct.
“Just started, tonight, our 7th FBI investigation of Judge Brett Kavanaugh,” Trump tweeted on Friday night. “He will someday be recognized as a truly great Justice of The United States Supreme Court!”
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Trump asked the FBI to investigate sexual assault allegations against Kavanaugh after Senate Republicans agreed to a one-week investigation, temporarily delaying the judge's 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 requested that Trump instruct the FBI to conduct a supplemental investigation after Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) secured a deal to delay a floor vote on the nomination for a week.
“I think it would be proper to delay the floor vote for up to but not more than one week in order to let the FBI to do an investigation limited in time and scope,” he said during the Senate Judiciary Committee vote on Kavanuagh.
Flake said he was voting to advance the judge “with that understanding” and said he has spoken “to a few other members on my side of the aisle who support it as well.”
The Arizona Republican added that senators should do “what we can to make sure that we do all do diligence with a nomination this important.”
The move came a day after the committee heard testimonies from Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford, the first woman to accuse Kavanaugh of sexual assault.
Ford went public with her allegations on Sept. 16 in an interview with The Washington Post, alleging that Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her while the two were at a high school party in the 1980s.
Ford detailed her allegations in a gripping testimony Thursday before the Senate Judiciary Committee. The now 51-year-old college professor said she feared Kavanaugh might rape her and accidentally kill her when he allegedly put his hand over her mouth to stifle her screams for help.
Kavanaugh denied the allegations brought by Ford, as well as several other allegations of sexual misconduct that have surfaced against him, in a heated testimony following Ford's.
Kavanaugh’s done, stick a fork in him. Trump and the GOP have so royally betrayed us. They deserve to burn in hell.
“Trump and the GOP have so royally betrayed us. “
The GOP are trying to fark Trump. Trying to nullify his presidency. How exactly is Trump betraying us? What’s he supposed to do to make these hillary voting GOP scum in the senate confirm his nominee?
If your scenario should play out, Collins, Murkowski, and maybe Flake would still vote NO. Whenever the vote is tallied, two of these three will be in the no column.
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That day should be this Tuesday.
Uh, I don't think that is the issue in doubt since he is seen by the Deepsters as the personal embodiment of a scorched earth against them.
We ALL need to be prepared for scorched earth. We will have to eventually - if any hill is "worthy", this one is.
Not willing to concede anything yet. The date of the vote of confirmation has not changed.
All the FBI is going to do is re-interview everybody that they interviewed before and submit their findings, which will pretty much be the same findings as 6 times before.
Trump was prophetic about North Korea in 1999. There are several interviews from that time frame up on youtube.
He had the Middle East figured out too.
Trump forces the issue
and presents the contrast.
Genius.
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Yes, he is.
Appeasing the Dems.
Appeasing North Korea.
Interesting parallels here in dealing with tyrants and evil people.
Some Always Trumpers here call it “genius” (sic), but frankly I’m yet to see it and I think rather it is misplaced Christian Benevolence towards adversaries, when what we should be using on these people is a closed iron fist
Go cry, and then leave loser.
Funny you say that. The next nominee whether Kavanaugh gets in or not, will be a black conservative woman. Then let’s see the Democrats squirme.
Ibtz,get out of here!
Completely disagree.
Stop with the negativity.
Nope, Genderqueer, lesbian, dwarf, amputee, Eskimo shaman.
He touts it as if it’s something good.
Don’s been drinking some Kool-Aid in DC recently...
They can forget about donations and votes from me.
To put Brett through another week of this garbage? At the end of which the Pharisee Bromwich will scream we need more time to go through all this new evidence! And his Jezebel Katz will shriek he’s gonna get away with it! We gotta stop him!
What a joke. They snatched Ignominious Defeat from the jaws of a Magnificent Victory, all because of the Stout Braveheart of Brett.
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