House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler Jerrold (Jerry) Lewis NadlerDemocrats shoot down talk of expanding Supreme Court Schumer: 'Nothing is off the table' if GOP moves forward with Ginsburg replacement Top Democrats call for DOJ watchdog to probe Barr over possible 2020 election influence MORE (D-N.Y.) on Monday appeared cool toward the liberal push for impeaching Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh Brett Michael KavanaughTrump plans to pick Amy Coney Barrett to replace Ginsburg on court Collins trails challenger by 4 points in Maine Senate race: poll SCOTUS confirmation in the last month of a close election? Ugly MORE over sexual misconduct allegations, saying that his panel is consumed with its ongoing investigation into President Trump Donald John TrumpFederal prosecutor speaks out, says Barr 'has brought shame' on Justice Dept. Former Pence aide: White House staffers discussed Trump refusing to leave office Progressive group buys domain name of Trump's No. 1 Supreme Court pick MORE.

Nadler indicated his committee isn't taking immediate action in response to the latest allegations regarding Kavanaugh's time as a college student at Yale, which surfaced in a New York Times report over the weekend. Instead, Nadler said, lawmakers will ask FBI Director Christopher Wray about the issue when he appears at a hearing before the Judiciary Committee next month.



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"It's too early to form a judgment one way or another. We're going to start looking into this; we're going to start with the FBI director coming in front of us next month. And we have our hands full with impeaching the president right now. And that's going to take up our limited resources and time for awhile," Nadler told WNYC's Brian Lehrer

"We have the FBI coming before our committee next month and we're certainly going to ask them about this, and we'll see where it goes from there."



He added, "Frankly, we are concentrating our resources on determining whether to impeach the president. Personally, I think the president ought to be impeached. But we have to concentrate on that for the next few months."



Nadler said the committee's primary focus with Kavanaugh would be whether he lied to the Senate during his confirmation hearings last year.



"These deeds that he allegedly did years ago would be very relevant to a senator voting for or against his nomination. But once he's there, what's relevant now is, did he lie to the Senate?" Nadler said.



The New York Times published a story over the weekend that a former classmate said he witnessed an incident in which Kavanaugh exposed himself and a female classmate touched his penis without her consent at a dorm party. But on Monday, the newspaper added a correction noting that friends of the woman allegedly involved in the incident say she does not recall it.



Numerous Democratic presidential candidates called for Kavanaugh's impeachment, including former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julián Castro, Sen. Kamala Harris Kamala HarrisTexas Democratic official urges Biden to visit state: 'I thought he had his own plane' The Hill's Campaign Report: Biden on Trump: 'He'll leave' l GOP laywers brush off Trump's election remarks l Obama's endorsements A game theorist's advice to President Trump on filling the Supreme Court seat MORE (D-Calif.) and Sen. Elizabeth Warren Elizabeth WarrenOvernight Defense: Appeals court revives House lawsuit against military funding for border wall | Dems push for limits on transferring military gear to police | Lawmakers ask for IG probe into Pentagon's use of COVID-19 funds On The Money: Half of states deplete funds for Trump's 0 unemployment expansion | EU appealing ruling in Apple tax case | House Democrats include more aid for airlines in coronavirus package Warren, Khanna request IG investigation into Pentagon's use of coronavirus funds MORE (D-Mass.).

Nadler brushed off those calls, saying his panel should act judiciously as the facts warrant.



"It's one thing for a presidential candidate or anybody else to say it's their opinion that something should be done. We have official jurisdiction and whether to exercise that jurisdiction is a consequential action that we have to be able to justify," Nadler said.