Last year, there was much speculation about U.S. Sen. Doug Jones’ (D-Mountain Brook) decision to vote against then-U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation to the high court and if it would come back to haunt him politically.
Ultimately, Kavanaugh was confirmed by a 50-48 vote in the U.S. Senate. However nearly a year later, allegations have surfaced in a recent New York Times report regarding Kavanaugh’s involvement in unwanted sexual contact.
During an appearance on MSNBC on Sunday, Jones revisited his “no” vote and weighed in on what actions might be possible if it turned out that Kavanaugh lied to the Senate Judiciary Committee during his confirmation hearing. One of the possibilities raised by MSNBC host Alex Witt was impeachment.
“Well, there’s things that can be done, whether they will be done remains to be seen based on the allegations that have come out in the Times today,” Jones said. “You know we’ll see how that goes. At some point though, I mean, he was confirmed. That is what our Constitution says. Now if it is in fact that he — he lied to the committee that’s a pretty serious allegation and people can be impeached for that.”
“But I think the fact is this is inevitable, and that’s what I think the other side fails to recognize,” he continued. “I think it’s what the president fails to recognize that this was inevitable. That someone would continue to investigate and get to the bottom of this. And it’s unfortunate that we didn’t have all of this information for everyone to have a full investigation, an opportunity to review it back in the fall.”
@Jeff_Poor is a graduate of Auburn University, the editor of Breitbart TV and host of “The Jeff Poor Show” from 2-5 p.m. on WVNN in Huntsville.
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