Victory lap: Trump to swear in Kavanaugh in prime-time ceremony
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President Trump will ceremonially swear in Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh at a prime-time event in the East Room of the White House on Monday evening.
The ceremony follows perhaps the most contentious confirmation battle for a Supreme Court nominee in history and the administration is using Monday evening to show voters they can make good on its promises.
In front of a room full of reporters, television cameras and Republican lawmakers at 7:00 p.m. Monday, the president will stand next to Kavanaugh and present him to the nation as one of the crowning achievements of his first two years in office.
Trump did not give the same treatment to Justice Neil Gorsuch, whose confirmation process was far less controversial. The president swore Gorsuch in at an 11 a.m. ceremony in the Rose Garden.
The event caps off a monthslong process that was nearly derailed after the nominee faced several allegations of sexual assault, excessive drinking and aggressive behavior while he was in high school and college.
After an FBI investigation found no corroborating evidence that Kavanaugh was guilty of the charges and a passionate speech from Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, in support of Kavanaugh, senators narrowly voted in favor of his confirmation Saturday evening.
The White House and Republicans have immediately seized on the victory, using it as a rallying cry for conservative and Republican voters heading into the midterm elections.
Hours after the vote, the president told voters at a rally in Kansas that Democratic attacks on Kavanaugh and protests against his confirmation are emblematic of what the nation would resemble under Democratic control. Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn tweeted out a picture of champagne Saturday night with the caption: "Not quite #Beers4Brett but #Bubbly4Brett instead."
Republican and Democratic strategists warned the Washington Examiner earlier this month of the likely election consequences if Republicans failed to get Kavanaugh through the Senate, arguing the party stood to lose both chambers of Congress if they were unsuccessful.
GOP strategists believe the Kavanaugh victory is a significant victory for the president, a man who some conservatives are skeptical of given his previous record of donating to Democratic causes and candidates for office.
"Republicans are running on clear message: ‘promises made, promises kept.’ That includes tax cuts, increased defense spending, cutting red tape, and the lowest unemployment rate since 1969," Michael Steel, a managing director at Hamilton Place Strategies and former aide to John Boehner when he was House speaker, told the Washington Examiner.
"Putting more conservatives on courts — especially the Supreme Court — is a big part of that, particularly for conservative voters who are skeptical of Trump himself for a variety of reasons."
That view is echoed by Republican politicians themselves. "Our energy and enthusiasm was lagging behind theirs until this,” Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky, told CBS on Sunday. “And I think this gave us the motivation and the opportunity to have the kind of turnout in this off-year election that would help us hold the Senate.”
Democrats argue that the entire nomination fight showed that Republicans do not care about the #MeToo movement and do not care about female voters.
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The Senate confirmed Brett M. Kavanaugh as the 114th Supreme Court justice on Saturday by one of the narrowest margins in history amid mass protests, ending a vitriolic battle over his nomination and solidifying a conservative majority on the court.
As a throng of angry demonstrators stood on the steps of the Capitol, the Senate finalized on a near party-line vote of 50 to 48 what will certainly be one of President ’s most enduring legacies: two Supreme Court justices in two years in an increasingly polarized nation.
The brutal confirmation fight is likely to have far-reaching implications in next month’s midterm elections. Republicans are confronting an electrified Democratic base led by women infuriated by the treatment of Christine Blasey Ford, who detailed in emotional testimony her allegations that Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her when both were teenagers. Kavanaugh has denied the allegations.
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Yet Republicans say the battle to get Kavanaugh confirmed — in the face of Democratic opposition and the “mob” of anti-Kavanaugh demonstrators who flooded the Capitol in recent days — only motivated a fractured GOP electorate on a singularly unifying issue for conservatives: the federal judiciary.
“It’s been a great political gift for us. The tactics have energized our base,” Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said in an interview Saturday with The Washington Post. “I want to thank the mob, because they’ve done the one thing we were having trouble doing, which was energizing our base.”
Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) delivered a message “to so many millions who are outraged by what happened here . . . vote.”
Kavanaugh heads to the Supreme Court significantly scarred from the confirmation fight, which had the echoes of the 1991 battle over now-Justice Clarence Thomas, who was accused of sexual harassment by law professor Anita Hill and defended himself in an emotional, high-stakes congressional hearing.
Already, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. has received more than a dozen complaints of judicial misconduct against Kavanaugh but is not referring them for investigation for the time being. And in a joint appearance on Friday night at Princeton University, their shared alma mater, Justices Elena Kagan and Sonia Sotomayor raised concerns about how the bitter partisan battle over Kavanaugh will affect the court’s reputation.
Slide 1 of 90: Judge Brett Kavanaugh is sworn in as an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court by retired Justice Anthony M. Kennedy as his wife Ashley holds the bible and his daughters Liza and Margaret look on in a handout photo provided by the U.S. Supreme Court and taken at the Supreme Court building in Washington, U.S., October 6, 2018.
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After a flurry of last-minute negotiations, the Senate Judiciary Committee advanced Brett Kavanaugh's nomination for the Supreme Court on Sept. 28, after agreeing to a late call from Sen. Flake for a one week investigation into sexual assault allegation against the high court nominee.
(Pictured) Judge Brett Kavanaugh is sworn in as an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court by retired Justice Anthony M. Kennedy as his wife Ashley holds the bible and his daughters Liza and Margaret look on in a handout photo provided by the U.S. Supreme Court and taken at the Supreme Court building in Washington, U.S., on Oct. 6.
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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-KY, speaks during a news conference following the confirmation vote of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh on Capitol Hill in Washington DC, on Oct. 6.
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U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) talks to reporters after the U.S. Senate confirmed the Supreme Court nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, on Oct. 6.
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A still image taken from video of the final tally of votes by the US Senate on the confirmation of Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh, on Oct. 6 in Washington.
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US Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) smiles as he discusses the confirmation vote for US Supreme Court nominee judge Brett Kavanaugh as he exits the Senate floor on Capitol Hill on Oct. 6 in Washington.
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Vice President Mike Pence calls for the Sergeant at Arms to restore order in the Senate gallery as a protester yells during the start of the vote for the confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, on Oct. 6 in Washington.
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Activists demonstrate in the plaza of the East Front of the US Capitol to protest the confirmation vote of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh on Oct. 6 in Washington.
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After a flurry of last-minute negotiations, the Senate Judiciary Committee advanced Brett Kavanaugh's nomination for the Supreme Court on Sept. 28, after agreeing to a late call from Sen. Flake for a one week investigation into sexual assault allegation against the high court nominee.
(Pictured) Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., walks out of the anteroom during the Senate Judiciary Committee meeting, on Sept. 28 on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.
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Senate Judiciary Committee members Sen. Cory Booker, D.-N.J., top left, Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., and Sen Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., right, talk as Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., discussed his concerns before the committee, on Sept.. 28, 2018, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn. and Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., are seated.
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Demonstrators protesting against Judge Brett Kavanaugh's nomination as an Associate Justice on the Supreme Court lissetn to Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) (center L), Kamala Harris (D-CA) (C), and Mazie Hirono (D-HI) (center R) in front of the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., Sept. 28, 2018.
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Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) wells up with tears, as she speaks during a Senate Judiciary Committee meeting to vote on the nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh, on Sept. 28 on Capitol Hill in Washington.
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Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), right, steps out to speak to a group of Democratic members of the committee that walked out of a Senate Judiciary Committee meeting, on Sept. 28 on Capitol Hill in Washington.
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Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) looks past empty seats after Democratic members of the Senate Judiciary Committee walked out of the meeting, on Sept. 28 on Capitol Hill in Washington.
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Democrat Senators Kamala Harris (D-CA) and Mazie Hirono (D-HI) walk out of the Senate Judiciary Committee meeting to vote on the nomination of Brett M. Kavanaugh on Sept. 28 in Washington.
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Female members of Congress stand in protest as members of the Senate Judiciary Committee meet to vote on the nomination of judge Brett Kavanaugh to be a U.S. Supreme Court associate justice, on Sept. 28 on Capitol Hill in Washington.
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Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA) holds up a letter from Mark Judge, longtime friend of U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, as members of the Judiciary Committee meet to vote on the nomination of Kavanaugh, on Sept. 28 on Capitol Hill in Washington.
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Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA) looks over at ranking member Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) as members of the Senate Judiciary Committee meet to vote on the nomination of judge Brett Kavanaugh, on Sept. 28 on Capitol Hill in Washington.
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Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., makes a point during a hearing with Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh during his Senate Justice Committee hearing, on Sept. 27 in Washington, D.C.
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Christine Blasey Ford, center, is sworn in before testifying at the Senate Judiciary Committee with her attorneys Debra Katz, left, and Michael Bromwich, right, in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on Sept. 27 in Washington, DC.
A professor at Palo Alto University and a research psychologist at the Stanford University School of Medicine, Ford has accused Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her during a party in 1982 when they were high school students in suburban Maryland. In prepared remarks, Ford said, "I don't have all the answers, and I don't remember as much as I would like to. But the details about that night that bring me here today are ones I will never forget. They have been seared into my memory and have haunted me episodically as an adult."
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Judge Brett Kavanaugh testifies during the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on his nomination be an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, focusing on allegations of sexual assault by Kavanaugh against Christine Blasey Ford in the early 1980s.
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Christine Blasey Ford reacts as she speaks before the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to be an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on Sept. 27.
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Senator Patrick Leahy (L) points to a yearbook page from Brett Kavanaugh's yearbook as he testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on Sept. 27.
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U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh testifies before a Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing for Kavanaugh on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 27.
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Actress Alyssa Milano (R) listens to Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh as he testifies before the US Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on Sept. 27.
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Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh pauses as he testifies before a Senate Judiciary Committee, Thursday, Sept. 27, 2018 on Capitol Hill in Washington.
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Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh's parents, Edward Kavanaugh and Martha Kavanaugh, watch as Kavanaugh testifies before the Senate Judiciary committee, Thursday, Sept. 27, 2018, on Capitol Hill in Washington.
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Ashley Kavanaugh listens to her husband, Judge Brett Kavanaugh, testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee during his Supreme Court confirmation hearing in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on Sept. 27, 2018, in Washington. Kavanaugh was called back to testify about claims by Christine Blasey Ford, who has accused him of sexually assaulting her during a party in 1982 when they were high school students in suburban Maryland.
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Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh arrives to testify before the US Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington on Sept. 27, 2018. Kavanaugh stridently rejected the allegations of sexual abuse by Blasey Ford and two other women in prepared remarks.
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Brett Kavanaugh, President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee, arrives for a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, on Sept. 27, 2018.
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Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee Charles Grassley and ranking member Dianne Feinstein discuss with aids as the Senate Judiciary Committee holds a hearing for Christine Blasey Ford about sexual assault allegations against Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh at the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington on Sept. 27, 2018.
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Christine Blasey Ford testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on Sept. 27, 2018 in Washington. A professor at Palo Alto University and a research psychologist at the Stanford University School of Medicine, Ford has accused Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her during a party in 1982 when they were high school students in suburban Maryland.
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Senate Judiciary Committee member Sen. Jeff Flake (R-AZ) listens to testimony from Christine Blasey Ford in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill Sept. 27, 2018 in Washington. A professor at Palo Alto University and a research psychologist at the Stanford University School of Medicine, Ford has accused Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her during a party in 1982 when they were high school students in suburban Maryland.
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Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., cries as Christine Blasey Ford testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 27, 2018.
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Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, and Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., listen as Christine Blasey Ford testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Thursday, Sept, 27, 2018 on Capitol Hill in Washington.
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Patrons watch the television at the Billy Goat Tavern during the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill where professor Christine Blasey Ford was testifying about being sexually assaulted by Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh on Sept. 27, 2018 in Chicago. Ford has accused Kavanaugh of pinning her down and attempting to rape her when they were both teens.
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Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., and Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., listen as Christine Blasey Ford testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Thursday, Sept, 27, 2018 on Capitol Hill in Washington.
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A woman becomes emotional while listening to stories of sexual violence at a protest against the confirmation of Republican Supreme court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh outside of Democratic Senator Chuck SchumerÕs office on the afternoon that the nation is watching Professor Christine Blasey Ford testify against Kavanaugh on Sept. 27, 2018 in New York. As people around the country watched, Ford gave emotional testimony about the alleged sexual assault before the Senate Judiciary Committee Thursday morning. Kavanaugh has strongly denied all of the sexual misconduct allegations against him and is to be questioned separately at the same hearing later in the day. The protesters were to deliver a letter of thanks to SchumerÕs office for his vote against Kavanaugh.
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U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA) speaks before testimony from Christine Blasey Ford at the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill Sept. 27 in Washington, DC.
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Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., a vocal critic of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh over the sexual harassment allegations made against him, greets womens' rights activists in the Hart Senate Office Building as the Senate Judiciary Committee hears from Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford, his accuser, on Capitol Hill in Washington on Sept. 27.
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Supporters of Supreme Court Nominee Brett Kavanaugh gather in the Hart Senate Office Building on Sept. 27 in Washington, DC.
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Senate Judiciary Committee member Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) listens to opening statements before hearing from Christine Blasey Ford in the Senate Judiciary Committee in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on Sept. 27 in Washington, DC.
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Christine Blasey Ford testifies about sexual assault allegations against Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh on Capitol Hill on Sept. 27 in Washington, DC.
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Senator Dianna Feinstein (D-CA) Speak at the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to be an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, on Capitol Hill on Sept. 27 in Washington, DC.
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Christine Blasey Ford, left, talks with her attorney Michael Bromwich as she prepares to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol on Sept. 27 in Washington, DC.
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Rachel Mitchell, a prosecutor from Arizona, is seen prior to Christine Blasey Ford, the woman accusing Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her at a party 36 years ago, testifies during his US Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on Sept. 27.
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Actress Alyssa Milano talks to media before the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to be an associate justice of the Supreme Court in Washington, DC, on Sept. 27.
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Protesters demonstrate in the Hart Senate Office Building as the Senate Judiciary Committee hears from Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on Sept. 27.
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Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., arrives for the Senate Judiciary hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on Sept. 27 with Christine Blasey Ford and Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.
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Demonstrators against US Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh protests at the Hart US Senate office building in Washington, DC, on Sept. 27.
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John Dean, former Nixon White House counsel, is sworn in with other witnesses to testify on the fourth day of Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearings for U.S. Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh on Capitol Hill in Washington, Sept. 7.
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From left, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., and Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, confer on the last day of the Senate Judiciary Committee's confirmation hearing for President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, on Capitol Hill in Washington, on Sept. 7.
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Protesters are removed during the fourth day of Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearings for U.S. Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh on Capitol Hill in Washington, Sept. 7.
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Protesters wearing black veils leave the Hart Senate Office Building on the fourth day of Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearings for U.S. Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh on Capitol Hill in Washington, Sept. 7.
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Aalayah Eastmond, a student at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, looks up after speaking before the Senate Judiciary Committee during the final stage of the confirmation hearings for President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, on Capitol Hill in Washington on Sept. 7.
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Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., right, questions witnesses that appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee during the final stage of the confirmation hearing for President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, on Capitol Hill in Washington, on Sept. 7.
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President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, center, leaves the hearing room to attend a closed session of the Senate Judiciary Committee after three rounds of questioning of his confirmation hearing, on Sept. 6, in Washington, to replace retired Justice Anthony Kennedy.
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Brett Kavanaugh testifies before the United States Senate Judiciary Committee in Washington, on Sept. 6
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(L-R) U.S. Sens. Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) listen as Judge Brett Kavanaugh testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Sept. 6 in Washington.
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People wearing President Donald Trump masks take part in a protest against Supreme Court nominee judge Brett Kavanaugh in front of the White House in Washington, on Sept. 6.
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Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh organizes his desk before testifying to the Senate Judiciary Committee on the third day of his Supreme Court confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill on Sept. 6, in Washington.
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U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) listens before the third day of Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., Sept. 6.
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Code Pink demonstrator Tighe Barry is pulled down from a chair by a U.S. Capitol Police officer after he interrupted the third day of Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation hearing in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill Sept. 6.
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Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh looks over his hand-written notes while testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee on the third day of his confirmation hearing in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on Sept. 6, in Washington, DC.
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Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee during the second day of his Supreme Court confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill on Sept. 5, in Washington.
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Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., joined at right by Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., points to a chart to suggest that Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh would be a guaranteed vote for conservative causes if seated, during the second day of his confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee, in Washington, on Sept. 5.
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Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., left, questions Supreme Court nominee, Judge Brett Kavanaugh, on Sept. 5, in Washington.
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A protester disrupts the proceedings as Brett Kavanaugh, appears before the Senate Judiciary Committee for the second day of his confirmation hearing, in Washington, on Sept. 5.
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Brett Kavanaugh stands to leave during a break in the second day of his confirmation hearing, on Sept. 5.
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Members of the Senate Judiciary Committee look at an email displayed on poster board while Sen. Patrick Leahy (C) (D-VT) questions Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh on Sept. 5.
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A poster depicting a 2017 quote on the Second Amendment by President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, a federal appeals court judge, is held up behind Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., the ranking member on the Senate Judiciary Committee, as she questions Kavanaugh as he testifies on Sept. 5.
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US Capitol Police arrest a protestor as Judge Brett Kavanaugh testifies on Sept. 5.
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Demonstrators dressed as characters from "The Handmaid's Tale" protest outside the hearing room on Sept. 5.
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US Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh arrives of his confirmation hearing on Sept. 5.
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The White House Counsel Don McGahn, right, listens as Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh answers questions before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Sept. 5.
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A protester disrupts the second day of the confirmation hearing for Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh on Sept. 5.
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Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh is sworn in by committee Chairman Chuck Grassley to testify during his U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing on Sept. 4, in Washington, D.C.
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Condoleezza Rice testifies during a Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing for Supreme Court nominee judge Brett Kavanaugh on Sept. 4.
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U.S. Senator Ted Cruz speaks during a Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing for Supreme Court nominee judge Brett Kavanaugh on Sept. 4.
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Brett Kavanaugh is sworn in to testify by committee Chairman Chuck Grassley on Sept. 4.
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US Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh listens during the first day of his confirmation hearing in front of the US Senate on Sept. 4.
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Fred Guttenberg, the father of Jamie Guttenberg who was killed in the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland, Fla., left, attempts to shake hands with President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, right, as he leaves for a lunch break while appearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 4, 2018. Kavanaugh did not shake his hand.
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Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, center, listens to lawmakers speak during a during a Senate Judiciary Committee's nominations hearing on Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, on Sept. 4.
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Protesters disrupt the start of the Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee in the Hart Senate Office Building on Sept. 4.
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Sen. Kamala Harris(D-CA) speaks during a hearing of the Senate Judiciary Committee on the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the US Supreme Court, on Sept. 4.
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Republican senators, including Sen. Jeff Flake (C) (R-AZ) listen as Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh's appears for his confirmation hearing, on Sept. 4.
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A woman stands and voices her opposition to Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, during a Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing on his nomination for Supreme Court, on Sept. 4.
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Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh points to his family as he arrives for testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee during his Supreme Court confirmation hearing in the Hart Senate Office Building, on Sept. 4.
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Democratic senators (L-R) Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (R-RI), Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) huddle as Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh appears for his confirmation hearing, on Sept. 4.
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Demonstrators dressed as handmaidens await the arrival of U.S. Supreme Court nominee judge Brett Kavanaugh prior to his appearance before a Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing, on Sept. 4.
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“We have to rise above partisanship in our personal relationships,” said Sotomayor, who was nominated by President Barack Obama in 2009. “We have to treat each other with respect and dignity and with a sense of amicability that the rest of the world doesn’t often share.”
The tension surrounding Kavanaugh’s nomination continued until the final minutes in the packed Senate chamber, from which several protesters were escorted after disrupting the vote over which Vice President Pence presided. Over shouts of “Shame! Shame! Shame!” and screams of “I do not consent!” each senator stood at his or her desk to vote — a move generally reserved for historic roll calls.
White House counsel Donald McGahn — one of Kavanaugh’s most ardent defenders within the administration — sat in the front row of the public gallery.
Kavanaugh, who received a congratulatory call from Trump, was sworn in at the Supreme Court on Saturday night.
Later in the evening, at a rally in Topeka for Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, who is running for governor, Trump touted the victory as a pivotal win for conservatives.
“I stand before you today on the heels of a tremendous victory for our nation, our people and our beloved Constitution,” Trump said, emphasizing the importance of electing Republicans to Congress in four weeks, given potential future openings on the Supreme Court.
“It could be three, it could even be four, it could be a lot,” he said. “And if you allow the wrong people to get into office, things could change. . . . You don’t hand matches to an arsonist, and you don’t give power to an angry left-wing mob.”
Kavanaugh’s name elicited thunderous applause, with supporters cheering, fist-pumping into the sky and holding up babies in celebration.
The two-vote margin for Kavanaugh was the narrowest for a confirmed Supreme Court justice since 1881, when the Senate confirmed Stanley Matthews, a nominee of President James A. Garfield’s. The vote reflected the divisiveness of the Trump era; all but one Democratic senator — Joe Manchin III (W.Va.) — opposed Kavanaugh.
Democrats were enraged by the nominee’s partisan criticisms in his Senate defense in late September as he cast the opposition to his nomination as retribution for Hillary Clinton’s loss in the 2016 presidential election. They questioned his temperament for the nation’s highest court.
Republicans vigorously defended Kavanaugh’s character and fitness to serve on the bench and blamed Democrats for the tumultuous battle.
“Democratic leaders did everything in their power to make Judge Kavanaugh’s confirmation about anything except his judicial record,” Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa) said. “When routine process arguments failed, they resorted to outright character assassination.”
Kavanaugh, 53, is a veteran of the George W. Bush White House who has spent a dozen years on the Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. He was a top deputy in the office of independent counsel Kenneth W. Starr when Starr was conducting an inquiry into Bill Clinton.
His nomination was fraught with partisan tensions from the start, as he replaced Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, a Ronald Reagan appointee who nonetheless was a crucial swing vote on landmark decisions involving abortion access and gay rights. His opponents repeatedly warned that Kavanaugh would vote to overturn the 1973 decision in Roe v. Wade, which legalized abortion.
Much of Kavanaugh’s documentary record from his tenure in the Bush administration remains obscured from public view — particularly documents from his three years as Bush’s staff secretary, one of the senior-most positions in any White House.
But then his nomination collided with the year-old #MeToo movement when Ford detailed her assault allegation to The Washington Post. She said the assault occurred at a gathering in suburban Maryland in the early 1980s. Two other women have since accused Kavanaugh of misconduct.
After a hearing that included testimony from both Ford and Kavanaugh, the confirmation vote was delayed a week to allow the FBI to investigate the allegations. Republicans said the FBI report exonerated Kavanaugh, while Democrats argued that it was too limited in scope to be enlightening.
In a new statement on a GoFundMe page, Ford said she believed and still believes “that it was my civic duty to come forward, but this is by far the hardest thing I’ve ever had to do, much harder even than I thought it would be.”
Ford’s family had reopened the GoFundMe page to cover the costs of security, housing, transportation and other expenses.
In a reminder that Saturday’s vote might not be the last word on the accusations, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said she will file a Freedom of Information Act request to make public the FBI report and other related documents.
After the remaining votes fell into place Friday, Democrats, in a show of defiance, spent all night making impassioned floor speeches against the nomination and continued into Saturday morning.
Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) said that by confirming Kavanaugh, the Senate would be sending a deeply troubling message both to the nation’s girls and women — “your experiences don’t matter” — and to its boys and men.
“They can grab women without their consent and brag about it,” Murray said. “They can sexually assault women, laugh about it. And they’re probably going to be fine. They can even grow up to be president of the United States or a justice on the Supreme Court.”
Murray was first elected to the Senate in 1992 after the chamber’s 52-to-48 vote to put Clarence Thomas on the Supreme Court, the last time issues of gender were so starkly highlighted in a confirmation process.
The Democrats’ speeches, many delivered to an almost-empty chamber, were part of their strategy of using nearly the full 30 hours of debate time automatically granted to senators, allowing them to delay the final vote on Kavanaugh until late afternoon.
As they spoke Saturday morning, a mass of predominantly female protesters gathered outside the Supreme Court, chanting “yes means yes, no means no, Kavanaugh has got to go” and “this is what democracy looks like.”
Several women detailed their own experiences with sexual assault. In the afternoon, the crowd numbered in the hundreds, with many wearing T-shirts with the words “November is coming.” They marched across the Capitol plaza to the steps, breaking through police barricades. Dozens were arrested, raising their fists as police escorted them away.
But inside, Republicans were lining up in defense of Kavanaugh.
Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), who became friends with Kavanaugh during their shared time in the Bush administration, said he strongly believes those who commit sexual assault should be punished. But he said he also believes in the presumption of innocence.
“We do not want a system of guilty until proven innocent in America,” he said.
Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) delivered a blistering two-hour speech, starting at 4 a.m., in which he read testimonies from more than 30 rape and sexual assault survivors who had written to him after Kavanaugh’s nomination.
“I’ve received a lot of letters,” he said to a silent chamber, almost an hour into his speech. “I’m going to read more of them now.”
The sole Republican to oppose Kavanaugh was Sen. Lisa Murkowski (Alaska). But on the floor, she officially withdrew her vote as a courtesy to Sen. Steve Daines (R-Mont.), who missed the vote to participate in his daughter Annie’s wedding. The practice, called a “pair between senators,” ensures that the vote margin would be the same had Daines been present.
But Trump attacked Murkowski in a brief interview with The Post on Saturday, predicting that she “will never recover” politically for her opposition to his second Supreme Court pick. And the bitter politics over Kavanaugh’s confirmation is likely to continue in the coming weeks, months and perhaps years.
“In my view, the biggest losers are the people sitting over there in that court,” said Sen. Doug Jones (D-Ala.). “This is a partisan Supreme Court . . . and they’re the ones that are going to have to try to make it nonpartisan, because we can’t do it at this point.”
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/kavanaugh-sworn-in-as-supreme-court-justice-after-divided-senate-votes-for-confirmation/ar-BBO1zct?li=BBnb7Kz&ocid=U453DHP
Kavanaugh awaits fate as senators read FBI report - Thu 04 Oct 2018, 3:47 am
Kavanaugh awaits fate as senators read FBI report
Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN
2 hrs ago
TOM WILLIAMS/AFP/AFP/Getty Images Supreme court nominee Brett Kavanaugh testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on September 27, 2018. - University professor Christine Blasey Ford, 51, told a tense Senate Judiciary Committee hearing that could make or break Kavanaugh's nomination she was "100 percent" certain he was the assailant and it was "absolutely not" a case of mistaken identify. (Photo by Tom Williams / POOL / AFP) (Photo credit should read TOM WILLIAMS/AFP/Getty Images) It's judgment day for Brett Kavanaugh and the three crucial Republicans who could send him to the Supreme Court or doom his hopes of being the swing vote who could change America.
Kavanaugh's fate will be on the line for the second straight Thursday, as senators begin reading the results of the supplemental background check compiled by the FBI a week after Christine Blasey Ford accused the nominee of sexual assault in the most politically charged hearing in decades.
Republican Majority Leader Mitch McConnell meanwhile set in motion a process designed to lead to a procedural vote on Kavanaugh's nomination on Friday, that would possibly lead to a final vote as early as the following day.
The six days that have elapsed since the hearing have only made the confirmation showdown for President Donald Trump's pick more divisive and deepened the cavern of mistrust between Republicans and Democrats on Capitol Hill, just five weeks before midterm elections.
Confirming Kavanaugh under such circumstances could stoke GOP turnout in the elections and reconcile the decades-long goal of a conservative majority on the Supreme Court. But it also seems certain to further alienate women voters in the #MeToo era in a way that could have huge implications in November and in Trump's re-election race.
While Kavanaugh has the most to lose, and Ford is waiting to see whether her decision to shatter her own privacy in a hearing watched around the world will have any effect, the next few days promise to be agonizing for three Republicans senators who control the judge's fate.
Fierce pressure is building on Arizona's Jeff Flake, Maine's Susan Collins and Alaska's Lisa Murkowski, who have all expressed reservations about Kavanaugh, and face a choice with stark implications for their political careers and legacies.
"Everyone has asked 'what's it going to say? How am I going to react?' I have no idea, in truth and fairness. I have no idea, so I'm going to wait," Murkowski told reporters on Wednesday.
The decision for Collins and Flake may have been further complicated Wednesday night when Kavanaugh's former Yale roommate, James Roche, alleged on CNN's "Anderson Cooper 360" that Kavanaugh lied about the extent of his drinking during last week's wrenching hearing. Both senators have drawn a red line on their votes on Kavanaugh, saying they will not vote to confirm him if they believe he lied under oath.
"We were in a room together -- our beds were 10 feet apart for a couple of months," Roche told Cooper. "And what struck me and made me more interested in speaking out about it is not only did I know that he wasn't telling, you know, the truth, I knew that he knew that he wasn't telling the truth."
Sources told CNN that senators will be allowed to start reading the FBI investigation summaries on Kavanaugh Thursday morning.
The probe was re-opened last week after Flake, concerned that the bitter imbroglio of Kavanaugh's confirmation process was tearing America apart, made his vote conditional on further investigations of Ford's allegations, dating from the 1980s when she and Kavanaugh were high schoolers.
Trump, hoping to soon celebrate a second confirmed pick to the Supreme Court that would deliver a consequential legacy, quickly took to Twitter to create momentum behind Kavanaugh.
"Wow, such enthusiasm and energy for Judge Brett Kavanaugh. Look at the Energy, look at the Polls. Something very big is happening. He is a fine man and great intellect. The country is with him all the way!" Trump wrote.
Crucial questions
When senators get their first look at the FBI summaries, it will be a critical moment for Kavanaugh.
It is likely to quickly become clear whether they give the three Republicans political cover to vote for, or against Kavanaugh and whether Democrats consider the FBI's efforts, under the direction of committee Republicans and the White House to be a genuine investigation.
The findings could shed light on the credibility of Ford's accusations, the sustainability of Kavanaugh's denial and wider questions about the judge's character that have exploded into the debate over his prospects since his volatile performance during last Thursday's hearing.
The report could also shed some light on Kavanaugh's candor and truthfulness, which have also emerged as a potential challenge to his nomination.
The extent of the Kavanaugh's drinking and partying in the 1980s does not directly touch on whether he is qualified to sit on the Supreme Court decades later after a distinguished career as a jurist.
But if information emerges to contradict his assertions that he never blacked out while drinking it could cast doubt on his denials that he did not assault Ford at a house party in the 1980 since she testified he was heavily drunk at the time.
Kavanaugh could also face questions if there are suggestions in the summaries that he did not tell the truth under oath about his past, since he is auditioning for a job on the highest court in the land that relies on the idea that its members are themselves beyond legal reproach.
Among those interviewed by the FBI was Mark Judge, a friend of Kavanaugh's who Ford said was in the room at the time of the alleged assault. Ford's attorneys said in a statement late Wednesday night the FBI had not contacted Ford for an interview, leaving them "profoundly disappointed that after the tremendous sacrifice she made in coming forward, those directing the FBI investigation were not interested in seeking the truth."
It would take something substantial to change in the perception of Kavanaugh's past and character to change the fervent desire of most of the Senate GOP to get him confirmed quickly.
Political polarization deepens
The three key Republican senators all criticized the President on Wednesday after he went on the attack against Ford at a campaign rally.
In a rare appearance in the White House briefing room, spokeswoman Sarah Sanders denied Trump mocked Ford and instead unleashed a barrage against Democrats she said had made the judge and his accuser "victims" of a politicized effort to kill the nomination.
Her anger appeared to reflect real frustration in the White House that the week of limbo since last week's hearing has unfolded as a prolonged examination of Kavanaugh's behavior and past, but has not been accompanied by similar scrutiny of Ford's accusations.
"Every single word that Judge Kavanaugh has said has been looked at, examined, picked apart by most of you in this room. But no one is looking at whether or not the accusations made are corroborated, whether or not there's evidence to support them," Sanders said.
'We will not be intimidated'
McConnell warned that the decisions made by senators would not be influenced by protesters invading their offices on Capitol Hill or confronting them in airports or at home.
Still, Kavanaugh's fate is not entirely in McConnell's hands. Should all the Democrats stick together, he can only afford to lose one Republican senator and still confirm Trump's pick.
That means decision time is now at hand for Collins, Flake and Murkowski.
Collins has been under relentless pressure from liberal groups in Maine to oppose Kavanaugh. But she needs to retain good ties with fellow Republicans to preserve her image as a pragmatist and moderating force in the party.
Trump's attack on Ford put her in an even more difficult position -- one reason why she called the President's approach "just plain wrong."
Like Collins, Murkowski has a political profile that is often independent from the wider GOP, especially after winning a write-in election eight years ago against a Tea Party opponent, meaning that her vote is difficult to predict. She also has a reputation as a senator who prioritizes women's issues and draws supports from some Democrats in her elections.
Flake has been an outspoken critic of Trump. But he has often fallen back into line with party leaders in the end. But he is also retiring after the next election, so may feel more free to take a swipe at one of the President's legacy priorities.
Democratic leaders cannot also feel completely confident that their caucus will stick together.
West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin, seeking re-election in a state overwhelmingly won by Trump in 2016, described the President's comments' on Ford as "wrong."
But he said he remains "completely undecided" as he awaits the FBI report.
CNN's Sunlen Serfaty, Dana Bash, Evan Perez, Ariane de Vogue, Manu Raju, Kaitlan Collins, Kate Sullivan and Phil Mattingly contributed to this report.
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/kavanaugh-awaits-fate-as-senators-read-fbi-report/ar-BBNUebR?li=BBnb7Kz&ocid=U453DHP
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