Although Sen. Flake, the key swing GOP vote, said he will not confirm Kavanaugh without a proper FBI probe.
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The Senate Judiciary Committee on Friday voted on party lines to send the nomination of Supreme Court Justice nominee Brett Kavanaugh to the Senate floor, after a tense moment in which Sen. Jeff Flake (R-AZ) asked to delay the floor vote for up to a week in order to allow for an FBI inquiry into the sexual-assault claims against Kavanaugh. “This country is being ripped apart here,” Flake said. “We’ve got to make sure that we do due diligence.”
