Jeff Flake: Voting against Kavanaugh confirmation would have been ‘immensely satisfying’

Published April 28, 2020 9:58am ET



Former Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake, who voted to confirm Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, said that voting against his confirmation would have been personally satisfying.

The Republican, who has a history of trading insults with President Trump, rehashed his role in the Kavanaugh confirmation process in an interview with the Washington Post published Tuesday. After Dr. Christine Blasey Ford accused the judicial nominee of sexual misconduct, Flake was the lone GOP voice calling for an FBI investigation into the allegation.

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