Flake: If I were running for reelection ‘not a chance’ I’d call for Kavanaugh investigation

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[FONT=&quot]Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) said Sunday that there's "not a chance" he would have called for an FBI investigation into the allegations of sexual misconduct against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh if he were running for reelection.

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[FONT=&quot]"Not a chance," Flake said when asked on CBS's "60 Minutes" if he would have asked for the investigation if he were up for reelection in the November midterms.

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[FONT=&quot]"There’s no value to reaching across the aisle," Flake said. "There’s no currency for that anymore. There’s no incentive."

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[FONT=&quot]After announcing earlier Friday that he would vote to confirm Kavanaugh, Flake said he wanted a week-long FBI investigation into the allegations against the nominee.

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[FONT=&quot]Before calling for the FBI investigation on Friday, Flake was confronted by a woman in an elevator who said she was a victim of sexual assault. The video quickly went viral.

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[FONT=&quot]The senator said Sunday that that moment, along with the testimony he heard on Thursday, made him think the hearings are "tearing the country apart."

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[FONT=&quot]Both Kavanaugh and his accuser, Christine Blasey Ford, testified Thursday regarding Ford's allegations that Kavanaugh attempted to sexually assault her at a party in the summer of 1982.

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[FONT=&quot]The other people Ford has named as other party attendees have denied or cannot recall attending an event similar to what she described.

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[FONT=&quot]Kavanaugh has vehemently denied the allegation and provided his calendars from the period, which do not show that he attended such a party.

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[FONT=&quot]Since Ford came forward, Democrats have been advocating for an FBI investigation into Ford's allegations, which Republicans have called a tactic to delay Kavanaugh's confirmation until after midterms.

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[FONT=&quot]Two other women have gone public with allegations of sexual misconduct against Kavanaugh.

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[FONT=&quot]Last Sunday, The New Yorker reported Deborah Ramirez's claim that Kavanaugh exposed himself to her at a party in college.

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[FONT=&quot]The New Yorker said they could find no other eyewitnesses to the alleged event except for Ramirez, who was unsure if Kavanaugh was the perpetrator until she reflected on the matter and spoke with her attorneys across six days.

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[FONT=&quot]Attorney Michael Avenatti brought forward allegations from a woman named Julie Swetnick, who claims that Kavanaugh appeared at parties in which high school girls were drugged and sexually assaulted.

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[FONT=&quot]The Wall Street Journal reported that it could find no one to corroborate Swetnick's story, after scouring for anyone who could support her claims.[/FONT]
 

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[h=2]'He was clearly aggressive and angry': Senators Flake and Coons reveal how Kavanaugh's performance led to their bipartisan demand for a new FBI probe into sex allegations - and say his nomination is OVER if he lied to them[/h]
  • Republican Senator Jeff Flake and Democratic Senator Chris Coons say Brett Kavanaugh's nomination should be over if it's found he lied
  • Senators spoke of how their bipartisanship resulted in an FBI investigation into the sexual misconduct allegations leveled at Kavanaugh
  • Flake upended his GOP colleagues' plans on Friday to move quickly to confirm Kavanaugh by saying he wanted an investigation
  • Coons hailed his friend Flake as a hero for essentially forcing the week-long investigation into the allegations
 

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Republican Senator Jeff Flake and Democratic Senator Chris Coons have both agreed that if Brett Kavanaugh is found to have lied to the Senate Judiciary Committee it should be the end of his Supreme Court nomination.
The two senators sat down side-by-side for an interview with 60 Minutes on Sunday night as they spoke of how their bipartisanship had resulted in an FBI investigation into the sexual misconduct allegations leveled at Kavanaugh.
They were both asked if Kavanaugh's nomination should be over if the investigation uncovers that he lied under oath during his Senate hearing on Thursday.
'Oh, yes. I would think so,' Flake and Coons responded.
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Senators Jeff Flake and Chris Coons have agreed that if Brett Kavanaugh is found to have lied to the Senate Judiciary Committee it should be the end of his Supreme Court nomination
 

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Flake upended his GOP colleagues' plans on Friday to move quickly to confirm Kavanaugh by saying he wanted an FBI investigation into the allegations made by chief accuser Dr Christine Blasey Ford.
Coons, from Delaware, hailed his friend Flake as a hero for essentially forcing the week-long investigation into the allegations.
'I cannot tell you how grateful I am. Jeff's the hero here,' Coons said.
Speaking specifically about Kavanaugh's testimony, Flake and Coons agreed that the nominee was 'too sharp' with some members of the committee and that it 'went over a line'.
'He had exchanges with Sen. Feinstein, with Sen. Klobuchar, with others, that I thought went over a line. He was clearly belligerent - aggressive, angry,' Coons said.
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Flake upended his GOP colleagues' plans on Friday to move quickly to confirm Kavanaugh (above) by saying he wan
 

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'There were some lines that he delivered that were sharper, more partisan, more 'this is the Clintons paying me back. This is a democratic smear campaign', that I was surprised, struck, to hear from a judicial nominee.
'In my case, yes, it made me wonder about his suitability to serve on the bench.'
Flake, who is not running for re-election, noted that there was 'not a chance' he could have done this if he was trying to run.



When asked about the possibility of being in the same place when the FBI completes its week-long investigation, Flake said: 'There's a chance and we knew that'.
After listening to both Kavanaugh and Dr Ford's testimony on Thursday, Flake had committed to supporting the Supreme Court nominee when he was confronted by two protesters in an elevator.
The two women, who had both been sexually assaulted in the past, berated him after he announced he was voting to confirm Kavanugh.
 

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Flake had committed to supporting the Supreme Court nominee when he was confronted by two women (pictured above) in an elevator who had both been sexually assault in the past
 

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In the 60 Minutes interview, Flake said it was after this confrontation that he sought out Coons in order to try and force an FBI investigation.
'I just knew that we couldn’t move forward, that I couldn’t move forward without hitting the pause button,' he said.
'Because, what I was seeing, experiencing, in an elevator and watching it in committee and just thinking, this is tearing the country apart.'
Speaking about Ford's testimony in front of the committee, he added that she was 'extremely compelling' while Kavanaugh was 'a little too sharp' with some members of the committee.
'He actually apologized at one point,' Flake said, referencing a testy exchange between Kavanaugh and Amy Klobuchar over whether he had ever blacked out due to excessive drinking.
Coons agreed that Kavanugh's anger 'got the best of him' during his testimony.
An event featuring Flake that was due to be held in Boston on Monday had to be relocated for safety reasons due to a planned protest related to Kavanaugh.

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'He was clearly aggressive and angry'


Yes, dumb fucks...that’s how innocent men respond when they are accused of a life-wrecking charge that isn’t true.

Fucking Flake, what a spineless cock sucker. So if there is no more value to reaching across the aisle anymore, why the fuck did you do it three days ago? What did you get out of the deal, Jeff?

Could any of you imagine a dimocrap going behind closed doors on national TV and then emerging to announce they’ve reached across the aisle to help Republicans? Yeah, neither can I.
 

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