The House Judiciary Committee would launch a probe against Brett Kavanaugh if he’s confirmed to the Supreme Court and Democrats regain a majority in Congress’ lower chamber, Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., said Sunday, Fox News informed.
Nadler, who would likely head the committee if Democrats regain control of the House, told ABC News’ “This Week” that lawmakers “would have to investigate any credible allegations … of perjury and other things that haven’t been properly looked into before.”
A Senate vote on Kavanaugh’s confirmation is on hold while the FBI conducts a supplemental background review of sexual misconduct allegations against the federal judge dating from his days as a high school and college student in the early 1980s.
“We can’t have a justice on the Supreme Court for the next several decades who will be deciding … all kinds of things for the entire American people who has been credibly accused of sexual assaults,” Nadler said. “This has got to be thoroughly investigated.”
“If he is on the Supreme Court and the Senate hasn’t investigated, then the House will have to.”
The latest investigation was requested by Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., who voted along with the rest of his GOP colleagues to recommend Kavanaugh’s nomination to the full Senate on Friday. On Sunday, Nadler called on Flake and other senators who requested the investigation to ensure the FBI had a “free hand” to investigate the allegations against Kavanaugh.
“I would hope that Senator Flake and others would not vote — would make clear that their votes cannot — will be for the nominee unless there is a free hand for proper investigation of these very serious allegations of sexual assaults,” he said.
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