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Findings of the fbis reopened investigation into the president s pick for the high court. Most of the senators of both parties made up their minds on kavanaugh a long time ago, but these are the five critical ones. Three republicans, two dems, and what will their decision be and how will what they see affect that . Presumably, their vote will hinge on what they learn from the report. The probe wrapped up yesterday after agents interviewed some nine witnesses. Thats far fewer than democrats as well as kavanaughs accusers had wanted. It was hand delivered overnight to the Senate Judiciary committee with absolute secrecy is the rule. They were granted access to read tin brieft. The Senate Majority leader set a procedural vote on kavanaughs nomination tomorrow. Manu raju is getting as close to the process as he can. Democrats have been looking at it for the last hour. Have you ....
There s certainly some indication from some of the accusers that they did not, and were they able to follow every lead that may have provided more corroborating information. if there were in fact constraints placed on the investigation, it will be interesting to see if the fbi lays out its process and parameters in the report and how it might affect the senators thinking. i also think there s a question of potential inconsistencies in either brett kavanaugh or dr. christine blasey ford s testimony. certainly, there have been reports suggesting that judge kavanaugh was not necessarily forthcoming about some of his behavior in the past as it relates to drinking. senator flake, susan collins and lisa murkowski think that s relevant, and jeff flake said if he found there were demonstrable lies told to the committee, it would be game over for kavanaugh. what does senator flake believe constitutes a lie before the committee? that will be a question worth watching. scots jennings, to you. ....