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The Senate Judiciary Committee advanced Brett Kavanaugh's nomination for the Supreme Court after agreeing to a late call from Republican Sen. Jeff Flake of Arizona for a one week investigation into sexual assault allegations against the nominee.

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00:00After nine hours of testimony on Thursday from Dr. Christine Blasey Ford and Supreme

00:04Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, the Senate Judiciary Committee advanced Kavanaugh's

00:08nomination on Friday. The decision arrived after last-minute negotiations resulted in

00:13Republican Senator Jeff Flake moving forward with his yes vote, but with the caveat that

00:17a week-long federal investigation must be made into the sexual assault allegations

00:21which have been leveled against President Trump's Supreme Court pick. It remains to be

00:25seen if Republican leaders, or Trump himself, will support Flake's request for the FBI

00:29probe, or if they will proceed with a full Senate vote on Kavanaugh's nomination.

00:33Thursday's hearings dominated the media as Dr. Ford testified occasionally tearfully that

00:38she was 100% sure that it was a young Brett Kavanaugh who assaulted her at a House party

00:42in the 1980s. Kavanaugh appeared in stark contrast to Dr. Ford's genial manner as he angrily denied

00:48the allegations, calling them an orchestrated political hit by the Democrats.

00:52Senator Flake was a key player in the unfolding of the events Friday as he asserted that he

00:56would be voting affirmatively for Kavanaugh's appointment to the nation's highest court.

01:00Not long after he made that announcement, he was cornered by two women, both sexual assault

01:05survivors, who urged him to reconsider. After a private sidebar with his colleague,

01:10Senator Flake announced that he would vote to advance Kavanaugh's nomination to the full Senate,

01:14but only if an FBI investigation into the allegations was carried out.

01:17Such an investigation is something the Democrats have been pushing for as Republicans and the

01:22White House have continued to insist that it is not necessary. Meanwhile, Flake has received

01:27plenty of derision on social media from various high-profile people, such as Kamal Nanjiani

01:31and Bernie Sanders. Nanjiani praised the women that appealed to Flake in the elevator for the

01:36decision, writing,

01:37Flake calling for an FBI investigation. Wow, the heroic act by those women in the elevator worked.

01:42While Sanders tweeted,

01:44Brett Kavanaugh lied repeatedly to the Senate Judiciary Committee. He does not belong on the Supreme Court.

01:49Actress Alyssa Milano, who recently came forward with her own story of being assaulted and who was

01:54present for Thursday's hearings, retracted an earlier tweet in which she called Flake a coward,

01:59simply writing,

01:59Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter's Jackie Strauss, Milano described what it was like being in the room as the

02:05historic hearing took place and, in particular, praised Dr. Ford for her composure under such

02:10intense pressure and scrutiny.

02:12I think there was a sense of pride with the women that were in the crowd that she was brave enough to

02:16come forward and to tell her story, Milano said.

02:19Speaking of Kavanaugh in his appearance before the committee, the actress told Strauss,

02:23When he spoke, there was a lot of rage in the room, not only from him, but also from the Republican Party.

02:28Milano also offered these words after witnessing the Supreme Court nominee's testimony.

02:33I think that Kavanaugh proved without a doubt, and anyone that is going to say otherwise is

02:38denying themselves sincerity, that he does not have the temperament to sit on the Supreme Court.

02:43He proved that he would not be unbiased.

02:46To read more on this story, head to THR.com.

02:48For The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Lyndsey Rodrigues.

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