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    Trump: 'I Have a Very Open Mind' on Kavanaugh Investigation

    President Trump’s support for a “very comprehensive” FBI investigation and his commentary on Brett Kavanaugh’s “difficulty” with alcohol could undercut his nominee and the GOP’s push to confirm him.
    by Russell Berman Oct 01, 2018 5 minutes
    Source: Leah Millis / Reuters

    Does President Donald Trump believe Brett Kavanaugh?

    For most of the 20 minutes the president spent discussing his nominee for the Supreme Court with reporters on Monday afternoon, it seemed clear that he did—that Trump accepted Kavanaugh’s repeated and angry denials that he sexually assaulted Christine Blasey Ford when they were teenagers in 1982. The FBI is now investigating Ford’s claims along with those of a second accuser, Deborah Ramirez, who has said Kavanaugh drunkenly exposed himself to her while at a party at Yale. The week-long probe, demanded by Republican Senator Jeff Flake of Arizona along with Democrats, is holding up a confirmation that appeared a sure thing only a few weeks ago.

    “I am with him all the way,” the president assured the press

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