Sen. Jeff Flake Coverage

Jeff Flake: Kavanaugh's confirmation is done if he lied in testimony

The GOP senator says if the FBI finds the SCOTUS nominee lied to the Senate Judiciary Committee last week his nomination likely would not move forward.

Jeff Flake: Kavanaugh's confirmation is done if he lied in testimony

The GOP senator says if the FBI finds the SCOTUS nominee lied to the Senate Judiciary Committee last week his nomination likely would not move forward.

What Jeff Flake revealed on "60 Minutes" about his Kavanaugh move

In an interview on "60 Minutes" Sunday, Jeff Flake, the Arizona senator whose lingering doubts about Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh led to his call for a one-week FBI investigation into an allegation of sexual assault and inappropriate behavior levied against the judge, acknowledged something very important (and sad) about the state of our politics: He would have never done what he did if he wasn't retiring at the end of this year.

Analysis by Chris Cillizza, CNN Editor-at-large