Jeff Flake's statement of Kavanaugh support shreds Judiciary Committee Dems' 'presumed guilty' rule

One big question about today’s Judicial Committee vote on Brett Kavanaugh has been “will Jeff Flake vote to confirm?” Flake’s office answered that question in a statement:

Flake is a yes. From his office: pic.twitter.com/oNMcVzD0xl

— Byron York (@ByronYork) September 28, 2018

Democrats like Sen. Mazie Hirono and others have said Kavanaugh doesn’t deserve the presumption of innocence, but Flake took that apart in his statement:

"I left the hearing yesterday with as much doubt as certainty," Flake says.
"What I do know is that our system of justice affords a presumption of innocence to the accused, absent corroborating evidence."

— Eliza Collins (@elizacollins1) September 28, 2018

Flake: "our system of justice affords a presumption of innocence to the accused, absent corroborating evidence. "

— Philip Klein (@philipaklein) September 28, 2018

A committee vote on Kavanaugh is pending, so stay tuned.