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MUNSTER — U.S. Sen. Joe Donnelly, D-Ind., said he will await an FBI investigation of Judge Brett Kavanaugh before deciding whether to raise him to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Donnelly spoke Friday afternoon before The Times Editorial Board.

“I think Hoosiers are where I am on this. I want to know what happened,” he said.

The Hoosier Democrat announced Friday morning that in light of multiple sexual assault allegations against Kavanaugh, which Donnelly described as "disturbing and credible," he cannot support the nomination absent a full inquiry by the FBI.

Donnelly said, “The FBI would have to talk to the people considered witnesses, depending on how these claims come out, so that we can find out as much information as possible to make better decisions.

“As it is right now, without all this information, I don’t know how I vote yes without having what I need.”

Donnelly said he met with Kavanaugh weeks before the current hearings to assess the man.

“I spent an hour and a half with him in my office. That was the kind of person, in my office, you like to see on the Supreme Court.”