Dylan Scott
Senior Correspondent
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Without the votes to confirm Brett Kavanaugh, the Senate and the White House agreed on the investigation.
The Maine Republican is one of the few swing votes left for the Supreme Court nominee after Christine Blasey Ford’s testimony.
He implicitly threatened to tank Kavanaugh’s nomination.
Republicans can’t risk demoralizing their voters by pulling the nomination.
The hearing quickly derailed — if the purpose was any meaningful fact-finding.
Ford’s hearing was alternately moving, bizarre, and infuriating.
“The point is that there are teenage girls who don’t tell stories to a lot of people.”
“My motivation in coming forward was to provide the facts about how Mr. Kavanaugh’s actions have damaged my life.”
The best-case scenario is a no-fireworks, orderly hearing, Washington attorneys say.
The alleged incident, subject of an anonymous letter, took place in 1998 in Washington, DC.