Jeff Flake: ‘Disqualifying’ if Brett Kavanaugh Lied to the Senate About ‘Particular Things’
MANCHESTER, New Hampshire—Sen. Jeff Flake, at the center of a bitter confirmation battle over President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, reiterated that if Brett Kavanaugh lied to the Senate Judiciary Committee “it would be disqualifying.”
The Republican lawmaker from Arizona said he and some of his colleagues on the panel “were troubled” by Kavanaugh’s “partisan rhetoric” during a blockbuster hearing last Thursday, when the federal appeals court judge defended himself as he forcefully denied multiple allegations of sexual harassment. Flake added that Kavanaugh should be afforded “some leeway.”
Flake made his comments while answering reporters’ questions after delivering an address Monday evening on political tribalism that he said “is tearing the country apart.” The possible primary challenger to President Donald Trump spoke at the New Hampshire Institute of Politics, a must stop for White House hopefuls.
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