Senate Judiciary Democrats seek delay of vote on Trump's top court nominee

Reuters

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - All 10 Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee on Monday called on the panel's Republican chairman to postpone Thursday's planned vote on U.S. President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, a day after a woman accusing him of sexual misconduct went public with her allegations. The panel should decide on the appropriate next steps in a bipartisan way only after the Federal Bureau of Investigation has completed its review of the woman's accusations, the Democrats wrote in a letter to committee chairman Senator Chuck Grassley. (Reporting Lawrence Hurley; Writing by Susan Heavey; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama)