Many eyes are on Capitol Hill of late as Dr. Christine Blasey Ford and Brett Kavanaugh testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee last week. Ford’s testimony comes amid the now many allegations made by women from Brett Kavanaugh’s high school and college at Yale University. Dr. Ford was the first woman to accuse Kavanaugh of sexual assault from a party back in 1982 during their senior year of high school. While Dr. Ford was composed and somewhat emotional during the proceedings, but she was succinct and respectful during her testimony.

A man who uses the same hostile and aggressive tactics as Donald Trump when faced with credible allegations of sexual assault does not deserve a lifetime seat on the Supreme Court.

— Bernie Sanders (@SenSanders) September 28, 2018

The same cannot be said for Kavanaugh’s hearing as he came across as angry, very emotional, and answered very few questions that were posed by the Senate committee. Judge Kavanaugh stated during his testimony that he believe these allegations are a conspiracy made up by the Democrats and the Clintons. Many senators such as Lindsay Graham believed that this hearing was a sham from the democratic left, echoing Kavanuagh’s sentiments stating during the testimony, “Boy, y’all want power. God, I hope you never get it. I hope the American people can see through this sham.”

The day after the Kavanaugh testimony, the Senate Judiciary Committee voted to send Kavanaugh’s nomination to the senate floor, and it looked as if Kavanaugh had done everything to secure his seat on the Supreme Court. However Senator Jeff Flake seemingly changed his mind on the proceedings by stating he would not vote for Kavanaugh until an FBI investigation was conducted. After Flake changed his mind in the middle of last Friday the White House ordered that the FBI would have a week to conduct an investigation into the allegations against Kavanaugh. The investigation will last until Friday October 5th and the Senate is scheduled to vote the next week after the conclusion of the investigation. While Kavanaugh’s nomination remains up in the air the American people are divided over his looming confirmation to the supreme court, as the FBI Investigation into Kavanaugh will look to wrap up at some point this week. It is unclear still how the investigation will impact the way the Republican senators vote on his confimation, however Senator Mitch McConnell made it clear that this matter would be resolved by this week stating, ““We’ll have an F.B.I. report this week, and we’ll have a vote this week.”