Kavanaugh: Senate panel’s procedural vote on Friday
The Senate judiciary committee said on Thursday it has received the FBI report on sexual misconduct allegations against US Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and lawmakers will review the document later in the day, ahead of a key procedural vote on Friday.
White House spokesman Raj Shah said on Twitter the administration also received the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s report and was “fully confident” the Senate would approve his nomination.
The White House found no corroboration of the allegations against Kavanaugh in the report, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter. Senator Chuck Grassley, the head of the Judiciary Committee, said on Twitter that he and the panel’s top Democrat, Dianne Feinstein, have agreed to “alternating equal access for senators to study the contents” of the
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The FBI report was sent to the White House and Senate just hours after Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell took steps on Wednesday night to force a procedural vote on the nomination one hour after the Senate convenes on Friday.
McConnell filed a petition for a cloture vote, which if successful would limit debate on the nomination and start the clock ticking on a final 30-hour waiting period before a Senate confirmation vote.
After filing a cloture petition, lawmakers must wait one legislative day before proceeding to a vote, according to Senate rules. A cloture vote could come on Friday morning at the soonest.