Kavanaugh: Trump orders FBI inquiry after Republicans vote to advance nomination

Move comes after Republican senator Jeff Flake threatened to oppose nomination without further examination of allegations

Donald Trump has directed the FBI to launch a supplemental investigation into the supreme court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, after an extraordinary display of 11th-hour drama at the Senate judiciary committee vote to advance his confirmation on Friday.

Trump said in a statement that the updated investigation into his nominee for America’s highest bench “must be limited in scope” and “completed in less than one week”.

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