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Kavanaugh to Face FBI Inquiry Over Sex Assault Allegations

29/09/2018 GMT

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Republicans voted to support Trump's Supreme Court pick but he will face an investigation

Republicans voted to support Trump's Supreme Court pick but he will face an FBI investigation over sex assault allegations.

President Trump has ordered an additional FBI investigation into allegations of sexual assault against his nominee to the Supreme Court. Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s appointment was approved by the majority of the Senate  Judiciary Committee but he will now be investigated over claims that he assaulted Dr Christine Blasey Ford at a party in 1982.

Also on the programme: Human rights lawyer Amal Clooney calls for the release of two journalists in Myanmar and we look back on the UK's Labour party conference in Liverpool.

(Image: Judge Brett Kavanaugh testifies during the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on his nomination be an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, focusing on allegations of sexual assault by Kavanaugh against Christine Blasey Ford in the early 1980s. Credit: Photo By Tom Williams-Pool/Getty Images)

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