The Anguish of Jeff Flake

The Daily

The New York Times

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🗓️ 1 October 2018

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Senator Jeff Flake’s last-minute demand for an F.B.I. investigation into Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh has single-handedly held up the confirmation vote for the Supreme Court nominee. Here’s the story behind that decision. Guest: Michael D. Shear, who covers the White House for The New York Times, and Ana Maria Archila, one of the protesters who spoke to Mr. Flake on his way to the Senate Judiciary Committee meeting on Friday. For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily.

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0:25.6	From the New York Times, I'm Michael Bobbar.
0:32.6	This is Daily.
0:39.6	Today, Senator Jeff Flakes last minute demand for an FBI investigation into Brett Kavanaugh
0:46.7	has single-handedly held up the Supreme Court nominee's confirmation.
0:52.6	The story behind that decision.
0:59.3	It's Monday, October 1.
1:04.6	My cheer, where do things stand on Friday morning?
1:11.9	So Friday morning, the hearings that had happened on Thursday.
1:15.5	I am here because I believe it is my civic duty to tell you what happened to me while Brett
1:21.1	Kavanaugh.
1:22.1	We're in high school.
1:23.1	The remarkable testimony by Dr. Blasiford.
1:26.8	This whole two-week effort has been a calculated and orchestrated political hit.
1:32.6	And the emotional and angry response from Jeff Kavanaugh, that had taken place.
1:36.7	I intend to vote for you and I hope everybody who's fair-minded will.
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