Sen. Jeff Flake Jeffrey (Jeff) Lane FlakeJeff Flake: Republicans 'should hold the same position' on SCOTUS vacancy as 2016 Republican former Michigan governor says he's voting for Biden Maybe they just don't like cowboys: The president is successful, some just don't like his style MORE (R-Ariz.) said early Wednesday that it wouldn't bother him if the FBI doesn't interview Christine Blasey Ford, who has accused Judge Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault, as part of its reopened background investigation into the Supreme Court nominee.

Flake, appearing on NBC's "Today," said he thinks it's more important that the FBI "follow up on leads that might corroborate her account."

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"We have a statement of Dr. Ford and then we have hours of testimony, so, frankly, when we talked about an FBI investigation, it was to follow up leads that might corroborate her account," he said.

"So I’m not troubled by that as much as if we came back and found out that the FBI only followed a couple of leads or interviewed just a couple of people. So I’m anxious to hear back from the FBI," Flake added.

Would it concern you if the FBI didn’t talk to Dr. Ford or Brett Kavanaugh? @savannahguthrie asks @JeffFlake pic.twitter.com/UxOglsJVzY — TODAY (@TODAYshow) October 3, 2018

The FBI is currently looking into sexual assault accusations made against Kavanaugh as part of a reopened background investigation into the judge. Trump last week asked the FBI to look into the accusations, calling for a “comprehensive” but quick investigation.

Trump asked the FBI to reopen the investigation after Flake called for a probe, saying that he would only support Kavanaugh in the full Senate vote if there were an investigation into accusations against him.

Ford and two other women, Deborah Ramirez and Julie Swetnick, have come forward to publicly accuse Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct. He has denied all the allegations.

Ford testified for hours last week in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee. She has said that Kavanaugh pinned her to a bed during a high school party in the 1980s and tried to remove her clothes.

Her attorneys Tuesday that they have yet to hear from the FBI in its investigation.