Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) said she couldn't abandon "the presumption of innocence and fairness," and that's why she could ultimately support Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.
Collins announced on Friday that she would vote to confirm Kavanaugh, and said that sexual assault allegations against the nominee were likely false, despite "compelling" testimony from Christine Blasey Ford, who says that Kavanaugh forcibly groped her when they were in high school.
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