Sen. Jeff Flake (R-AZ) announced his support of Judge Brett Kavanaugh ahead of a Judiciary Committee meeting to vote on his Supreme Court confirmation Friday. Flake was one of a handful closely watched undecided votes on Thursday night, after a hearing where Kavanaugh and his accuser, Christine Blasey Ford, testified on sexual misconduct allegations against him.
Kavanaugh has vehemently denied the allegations.
Flake said in a statement that Thursday’s hearing left him “with as much doubt as certainty.”
“What I do know is that our system of justice affords a presumption of innocence to the accused, absent corroborating evidence,” Flake said.
After the Judiciary Committee votes on Kavanaugh’s confirmation Friday, where Flake’s support suggests he will pass with a positive recommendation, the full Senate is expected to take a procedural vote advancing his nomination on Saturday. The final confirmation vote is slated for early next week.
Thanks, Obama.
Dog bites man story.
Living up to his name.
How utterly predictable. Mister concerned found, yet again, a way to fall in line.
Never been a Senator so well named.
Must have landed that sweet no-show think tank gig to start in January.