Washington: The White House, which has received the FBI report on sexual misconduct allegations against Judge Brett Kavanaugh, on Thursday expressed confidence that the Supreme Court nominee would be confirmed by the Senate. “The White House has received the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s supplemental background investigation into Judge Kavanaugh, and it is being transmitted to the Senate,” White House Spokesman Raj Shah said on Thursday.
His remarks came hours after the FBI submitted to the White House the report of its investigations on sexual assault allegations against Kavanaugh. Kavanaugh has denied the allegations of sexual misconduct by three women while in high school and college. However, President Trump had directed FBI to re-open a background probe.
The nomination of Kavanaugh has been confirmed by the Senate Judiciary Committee and is now to be voted by the Senate. The Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has initiated the move and the procedural voting is likely to take place on Friday. “With Leader McConnell’s cloture filing, Senators have been given ample time to review this seventh background investigation,” Indian-American Shah said.
This is the last addition to the most comprehensive review of a SC nominee in history, which includes extensive hearings, multiple committee interviews, over 1,200 questions for the record and over a half million pages of documents, Shah said. “With this additional details, the White House is fully confident the Senate will vote to confirm Judge Kavanaugh to the SC,” he said. Meanwhile, Republican Senator Chuck Grassley said FBI found “no hint of misconduct” by Kavanaugh that he sexually abused women three decades ago, signalling Trump’s nominee may soon become an SC judge.