The Judiciary Committee has voted

From The Guardian:



Not sure that's exactly quoted correctly.

President Trump on Friday called the woman accusing Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault a “credible witness” and deferred to the Senate on whether to delay a vote on his confirmation.

The president's remarks came after Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) joined other Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee in voting to advance Kavanaugh’s nomination to the full Senate.

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“I will be totally reliant on what [Judiciary Chairman Chuck] Grassley [R-Iowa] and the group decides to do,” Trump said. “They have to do what they think is right. They have to be comfortable with themselves.”

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“I thought her testimony was very compelling and she looks like a very fine woman to me,” Trump said Friday, following a meeting with Chilean President Sebastian Pinera at the White House. “I thought that Brett’s testimony, likewise, was really something that I haven’t seen before, it was incredible,” Trump said. “I think it will work out very well for the country.”

  The Hill

Kavanaugh - and anyone else who still thinks Trump can be loyal - should take a hint: when he assured you he was backing you just before your testimony on Thursday, he was as sincer as you were in your testimony.

And there's still shit coming in that will get aired before the full Senate vote.  We'll see when that happens, just how craven the Republicans can be.

He says he'll vote to advance with the understanding the FBI will investigate (limited to one week).  

Why doesn't this mean there will be an investigation since there were 11 GOP and 10 Dems on the Judiciary Committee?

McConnell, that's why.  Have I mentioned lately that McConnell is a loathsome dick?

McConnell has not announced a decision on the request for a delay.

Flake's declaration that he would not vote in favor of Kavanaugh's confirmation "until the FBI has done more investigation than they have already" is significant.

Along with Maine Sen. Susan Collins and Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski, he is one of the three Republican swing votes on Kavanaugh's confirmation. If all Democrats and two Republicans oppose Kavanaugh, he cannot be confirmed.

  CNN

But they'll be getting a shitload of pressure. Including from George W Bush.

[T]he GOP's current plan is to hold a procedural vote on the Senate floor midday Saturday and hold the final vote early next week.

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Two Republicans -- Sens. Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska -- and two Democrats in red states -- Sens. Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota -- now essentially hold the future of Kavanaugh's nomination in their hands. A third undecided Democrat, Sen. Joe Donnelly of Indiana, announced his opposition to Kavanaugh late Friday morning. Donnelly was one of three Democratic senators who voted for Trump's first Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch.

Two Democrats? They need to think very hard about what they're doing.

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.

UPDATE:

Senate Republicans said Friday they had agreed to ask the FBI to investigate sexual assault allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, a move that will temporarily delay his nomination.

  The Hill

I hope Kavanaugh is choking on it.