Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) reacted to the surprise call by Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake for an FBI investigation into Brett Kavanaugh, despite voting to send his nomination to the Supreme Court to the full Senate.

The Senate Judiciary Committee voted 11-10 in favor of recommending Kavanaugh on Friday.

Flake had been undecided before announcing his support for the nominee earlier in the day. He said before the vote that he, in agreement with Democrats, would be calling for a one-week delay to allow the FBI to investigate.

"You know what you know, and you've heard what you're gonna hear," Graham said to reporters following the hearing. "But having said that, this is called democracy."

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Friday's committee hearing followed an impassioned hearing on Thursday with Kavanaugh and his accuser, Christine Blasey Ford.

After Friday's meeting, Flake met with Democrats behind closed doors before calling for a delay in the full Senate floor vote.

.@JeffFlake: “I think it would be proper to delay the floor vote for up to but not more than one week, in order to let the FBI do an investigation, limited in time and scope to the current allegations that are there.” https://t.co/FVPyEJhAJf pic.twitter.com/GZbxe2MPWb — Fox News (@FoxNews) September 28, 2018

Graham said that he believes the American public will feel better about Kavanaugh's character, should a potential FBI probe yield positive results for the nominee.

"I think people in the country are going to feel differently a week from now," he said.

Flake also said on Friday that the delay in voting shouldn't last more than one week.

Sen. @JeffFlake voted to recommend Brett Kavanaugh for the Supreme Court Friday, with the caveat that the @FBI investigate the sexual assault allegations against him. https://t.co/3Rt4HcC3sV pic.twitter.com/SmmC0Si7aU — Fox News (@FoxNews) September 28, 2018

Graham said that in his opinion, "you can have the FBI, the CIA and the Foreign Legion" investigate Kavanaugh and still not find any new information.

He added that Flake just wants to make sure the process of confirming the nominee is fair.

"I've never felt better about [Kavanaugh] being on the bench than I do right now," Graham said.

President Trump responded Friday afternoon to the news, saying he's relying on the Republican senators to do what they need to do.

.@POTUS on possibility of re-opening background investigation on Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh: "I will be totally reliant on what Senator Grassley and the group decides to do." https://t.co/3Rt4HcC3sV pic.twitter.com/vZjOX7mkBo — Fox News (@FoxNews) September 28, 2018

"They have to do what they think is right," he said at the White House.

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