Senators vote on Kavanaugh's nomination

Demonstrators gathered Wednesday evening outside the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC, to protest Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation.

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, speaking to protesters from the steps of the Supreme Court, said any objection to Kavanaugh's confirmation isn't about politics.

“This isn’t about politics or anything else, who wins the election makes its appointments,” she said.

Pelosi continued: "We don't like some of the point of view of some of the people who are going to the court, but if they are true to the Constitution of the United States, then there is some level of respect. But if we cannot even respect their integrity, their commitment to fact and truth when they testify, that’s a problem.”

Tommie Sunshine shot this video of demonstrators letting out a big roar outside the Brooklyn Supreme Court, where they gathered Wednesday evening to participate in the "Stop Kavanaugh" vigil.

Similar vigils were held across the country on Wednesday.

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The FBI interviewed more people Wednesday as part of its investigation into the allegations of sexual assault and sexual misconduct leveled against Brett Kavanaugh, a person familiar with the interviews told CNN.

This person did not elaborate on how many people or whom was interviewed Wednesday. 

As of 5 p.m. ET Wednesday, the White House had still not received Kavanaugh's background file from the bureau, though officials are confident they will receive it "soon," they said. 

Another source added this morning that since the FBI interviews were still not finished, the FBI interview summaries were more likely to go to the hill Thursday.

Republican senators, coming out of their afternoon GOP lunch, thought they could get them as early as tonight. 

CNN's Sunlen Serfaty, citing multiple sources on Capitol Hill and those close to the process, reported that the White House could get the FBI report on Brett Kavanaugh tonight.

Once the White House receives the report, it will be sent to Capitol Hill for all 100 senators to review, Serfaty reported.

Senators will be able to sit down and read the report in a secure location. It's unclear if the report will be made public.

After that, the person to watch is Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.

"He has been very clear that he intends to move very quickly on this, to essentially start the procedural wheels turning," Serfaty noted.

If the report comes out tonight, he'll likely file a cloture vote, which will show what senators will vote for Kavanaugh and what senators will vote against him. 

That could set up a final vote for Friday, Serfaty said. 

But everything depends on the timing of the report.

Dianne Feinstein, the top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee, is calling into question the credibility of the additional FBI background investigation without interviews from Brett Kavanaugh and accuser Christine Blasey Ford.

In a statement, Feinstein raised questions about the investigation.

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Undecided GOP Sen. Lisa Murkowski said she still has not made her mind on Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation.

Murkowski continued: "Whatever they are. I want to see them. So that’s what I’m waiting for. Everyone has asked, 'What’s it going to say? How am I going to react?' I have no idea, in truth and fairness. I have no idea, so I’m going wait."

Asked if she needs to give a green light to Majority Leader Mitch McConnell before he files for cloture, she said, “I am not the Majority Leader. I don’t know what (the) Majority Leader is going to do."

"I do believe that there was an agreement to have the FBI do their report. They’re going to do that. And we’re going to figure out where we go from there," she added. 

Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley says he hasn’t talked to the FBI directly about when the White House will receive the investigation report, but he defended the report's scope and confidential access.

When asked when the report would be released, Grassley replied, “All I can tell you, I have not talked to the FBI. I have not talked to the White House. We had some indication at the Republican meeting it would be sometime this afternoon. That’s all I know."

He also defended the FBI not interviewing Brett Kavanaugh or Christine Blasey Ford, saying, “The FBI knows everything from six other interviews... It seems to me the only reason the FBI would be able to do anything else is if they read that entire record and there was something unanswered.”

On Wednesday, Ford's attorneys sent Grassley a letter saying Ford was prepared to hand over relevant documents, but that "we have not yet heard from the FBI about scheduling an interview with her."

Grassley also defended the decision to keep the report private, saying, “I’ve been reading FBI reports for 38 years, and none of them have ever been made public.”

On Tuesday, Democratic Sens. Chris Coons and Dianne Feinstein suggested the findings should be kept private, while Republican Sens. Lindsey Graham and John Cornyn called for a public release. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has since announced that the report would not be made publicly available.

Undecided Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin said President Trump’s comments last night about Christine Blasey Ford's testimony "were wrong.”

He would not answer if they will play into his decision on Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.

Manchin said he still remains “completely undecided” and is awaiting the FBI report.

When asked at the Atlantic Festival about President Trump's mocking of Christine Blasey Ford, Sen. Kamala Harris called his comments “mean" and unnecessary.

"I can’t think of anything more – inappropriate is not descriptive enough. It’s mean," Harris said.

Harris pointed out that one of the most searing moments of Ford's testimony was when she recounted Kavanaugh and Mark Judge allegedly laughing at her -- something she said she would never forget.

"We had the President of the United States at a rally urging a crowd to laugh at her." Harris said. "It's mean and completely without any level of empathy about what her experience was … What was the purpose of saying that and doing that?

She continued: "I can’t understand it and I am embarrassed that the President of the United States would do that to this woman."

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