Moments before the Senate Judiciary Committee voted to proceed with Brett Kavanaugh‘s nomination, Senator Jeff Flake called for a delay on the floor vote pending an FBI investigation into the sexual misconduct claims against him.

Flake, who said earlier Friday he was intended to vote for Kavanaugh, was confronted moments later by protestors in a harrowing moment.

The committee was set to vote at 1:30, but it was delayed as senators went into deliberations, with talk of Flake potentially hedging on his support.

When they reconvened, Flake said he wants the floor vote delayed on Kavanaugh until after the FBI investigates the allegations. The committee ended up voting along party lines to move Kavanaugh’s nomination to he full senate.

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