WASHINGTON ― Two days after deriding a sexual assault accusation against his Supreme Court nominee as a “con job” and a day after demanding “the Senate must vote” on the judge’s confirmation, President Donald Trump appeared downright subdued Friday after Senate leaders agreed to seek an FBI investigation of the allegation.
“I don’t know if this is going to continue onward or are we going to get a vote,” Trump said in a photo opportunity at the White House.
Trump said he had only just learned about an agreement Senate Republican leaders reached with Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) to put off a confirmation vote on Judge Brett Kavanaugh until the FBI can look into “credible” sexual misconduct allegations against him.
He said he would not try to pressure other Republican senators, including Alaska’s Lisa Murkowski and Maine’s Susan Collins, into voting for Kavanaugh. “They have to do what they think is right. They have to be comfortable with themselves,” Trump said.
Hours later, the White House released a statement from Trump honoring the Senate’s request: “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.”
trump has no philosophy or political principles, just make trump appear to win. The total line not just the bottom line!
“I don’t know if this is going to continue onward or are we going to get a vote,” Trump said in a photo opportunity at the White House.
Trump said he had only just learned about an agreement Senate Republican leaders reached with Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) to put off a confirmation vote on Judge Brett Kavanaugh until the FBI can look into “credible” sexual misconduct allegations against him.
He said he would not try to pressure other Republican senators, including Alaska’s Lisa Murkowski and Maine’s Susan Collins, into voting for Kavanaugh. “They have to do what they think is right. They have to be comfortable with themselves,” Trump said.
Hours later, the White House released a statement from Trump honoring the Senate’s request: “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.”
trump has no philosophy or political principles, just make trump appear to win. The total line not just the bottom line!
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