Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) says he intends to support Brett Kavanaugh’s contentious nomination to the Supreme Court — unless the FBI “turn[s] up something” in its investigation into the sexual misconduct allegations against the judge. “I’m a conservative. I plan to support him unless they turn up something — and they might,” said Flake. He added that he was particularly interested in hearing more from a high school friend of Kavanaugh’s who has agreed to cooperate with the FBI probe. “There’s no trust.”Flake said he hoped the FBI investigation would help to preserve the credibility of the Supreme Court and the Senate, which he described as “coming apart at the seams.”On Friday, Flake told reporters that he had very much “wanted to support” Kavanaugh, but he also wanted a “process we can be proud of.”

Source: Huffington Post September 30, 2018 13:52 UTC