The vote by the Senate Judiciary Committee was set for 1:30 p.m. on Friday, Republican Chairman Chuck Grassley announced as the panel gaveled to order. “I will vote to confirm Judge Kavanaugh.”Moments before the panel convened, Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake, a member of the committee, announced he would vote to confirm Kavanaugh. “The allegations made against Judge Kavanaugh are disturbing and credible,” Donnelly said in a statement. The Arizonan had been holed up with other key senators — Collins, Murkowski, and Democrat Joe Manchin of West Virginia — after the daylong hearing in Collins’ hideaway office on the third floor in the Capitol. Republicans praised Ford’s bravery in coming forward, but many of them said her account won’t affect their support for Kavanaugh.

Source: thestar September 28, 2018 14:05 UTC