President Trump ordered an extra FBI background investigation of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh Friday afternoon. Trump’s order comes after Sen. Jeff Flake (R-AZ) made the request of Senate Republicans in exchange for his vote in favor of Kavanaugh’s nomination at a Senate Judiciary Committee meeting earlier Friday.
Flake’s request was supported by other undecided Republicans Sen. Lisa Murkowski (AK) and Sen. Susan Collins (ME), as well as two undecided Democrats Sen. Heidi Heitkamp (ND) and Sen. Joe Manchin (WV).
White House photo, July 9, 2018.
Trump’ s statement was posted by Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders.
“Statement from President @realDonaldTrump: “I’ve ordered the FBI to conduct a supplemental investigation to update Judge Kavanaugh’s file. As the Senate has requested, this update must be limited in scope and completed in less than one week.”
Statement from President @realDonaldTrump:
“I’ve ordered the FBI to conduct a supplemental investigation to update Judge Kavanaugh’s file. As the Senate has requested, this update must be limited in scope and completed in less than one week.”— Kayleigh McEnany 45 Archived (@PressSec45) September 28, 2018
Trump spoke about Thursday’s hearing during a press spray in the Oval Office during a meeting with Pres Sebastián Piñera of Chile.
President Trump says Christine Blasey Ford's testimony was "very compelling" and Brett Kavanaugh's was "really something that I haven't seen before. It was incredible."
"But certainly, she was a very credible witness," he adds, referring to Ford. https://t.co/OZ1W7ZOMeG pic.twitter.com/OnzXiD7try
— CNN (@CNN) September 28, 2018
