Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., refused a request Wednesday by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., for senators to receive an FBI-led briefing on its investigation into Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.

Schumer asked that the FBI agents charged with conducting a supplemental background check into Kavanaugh amid multiple allegations of sexual misconduct talk to senators about their findings before a vote on the judge’s confirmation in both a Tuesday letter and a speech on the Senate floor Wednesday.

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