Kavanaugh's confirmation seems likely before the vote in the Senate on Saturday

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After weeks of political and human dramas of great importance, it seems that Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation to the Supreme Court is almost assured when the full Senate is put to a final vote on Saturday afternoon.

The victory could allow the president. Donald Trump to fulfill a key campaign promise to make the court more conservative for generations.

Unless there was a last-minute event, Kavanaugh's confirmation almost became an agreement on Friday afternoon when Maine Republican Senator Susan Collins, an undecided key vote, announced in the Senate that, despite accusations of sexual assault and bad behavior against him, "I will vote to confirm Judge Kavanaugh."

Just a few hours before, with their fate still uncertain, the entire Senate had voted 51-49 to end the debate and advance the nomination, after an additional FBI investigation appeared to do nothing to corroborate the allegations.

"This is not a criminal trial, and I do not believe that claims like these should be proven beyond a reasonable doubt," Collins said in a long speech in defense of his decision.

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In this video image provided by Senate TV, Senator Susan Collins, R-Maine, speaks in the Senate about her vote on Judge Brett Kananaugh's nomination to the US Supreme Court. UU., On October 5, 2018, at the Capitol in Washington. .

The moderate Republican of Maine faced strong political pressure, including women who came down from her home state and demanded that she side with Kavanaugh's accuser, California professor Christine Blasey Ford, who claimed that a drunken Kavanaugh He had attacked at a party decades ago when they were both in high school in the suburbs of Maryland.

"However," Collins continued, "impartiality would dictate that claims should at least reach a threshold that is more likely to be our standard." The facts presented do not mean that the president, that Professor Ford was not sexually assaulted that night or in at another time, but they lead me to the conclusion that the accusations do not meet the standard most likely not. "

"Therefore," he said, "I do not believe that these charges can fairly prevent Judge Kavanaugh from serving in the court."

Senator Susan Collins will vote to confirm Brett Kavanaugh and says she hopes it "works to reduce divisions in the Supreme Court, so that we have fewer decisions from 5 to 4, and that public confidence ... in our highest court is restores. " https://t.co/x6jxBAPeW3 pic.twitter.com/tXL7P6s50G

- ABC News (@ABC) October 5, 2018

Collins was quickly followed by West Virginia Democratic Senator Joe Manchin, another undecided key vote, who issued a statement saying he would also vote "yes" to Kavanaugh, apparently giving Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell the support he needs to Kavanaugh is confirmed, even by one of the narrowest margins in history for a high candidate for the court.

Manchin, a Red State Democrat on a narrow re-election, said that although he had "reservations" given the allegations, he did what was "best for West Virginia," persuading Kavanaugh to "follow the Constitution." The protesters shouted "shame." "on him while trying to board an elevator near his office.

Arizona Republican Sen. Jeff Flake, also a key vote, voted "yes" to move forward, but Collins' Republican, Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, split from her party to vote "no."

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Senator Lisa Murkowski on Capitol Hill, September 25, 2018 in Washington.

In explaining the reasons to the reporters, Murkowski said: "I think we are dealing with problems at this moment that are more important than the candidate and how we guarantee impartiality and how our legislative and judicial branch can continue to be respected. I've been fighting. " with, and so I did - took the very difficult vote I did. "

"I think Brett Kavanaugh is a good man, he may not be the right man for the court at the moment, in my opinion," he said.

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Protesters against US Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh block the office of Sen. Jeff Flake, Republican of Arizona, in Washington, on October 5, 2018, after the Senate voted in favor of a final vote. .

Although the protests at the Capitol and in front of the Supreme Court were expected to continue before Saturday's vote, the Democrats seemed to admit the defeat, and after the long and bitter fight, the reaction of both parties was relatively silent.

Democratic Senator Amy Klobuchar, with whom Kavanaugh became entangled when she asked if she had ever fainted from drinking alcohol, spoke to Ford from the Senate.

"This may not end up like you want and it's not worth it, there's a reason it was worth it: the American people learned something."

She said that Ford had caused a "seismic shift" in the country's thinking about sexual assault, which ended up citing the title of a song by Bob Dylan, a fellow of Minnesotan. "The times they are a'changin," she said.

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Christine Blasey Ford prepares to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee at the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on September 27, 2018.

The president, who had been roundly criticized for making fun of Ford just days before, kept his immediate comments to the minimum, and tweeted that he was "very proud of the United States Senate."

Very proud of the United States Senate for voting "YES" to advance the nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh!

- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 5, 2018

White House press secretary Sarah Sanders tweeted: "Thank you, @SenatorCollins, for standing up for your convictions and doing the right thing to confirm Judge Kavanaugh."

Ford's lawyers said his client does not regret it.

"I think he feels good about the fact that he introduced himself and did what he felt was his civic duty, which is to provide the information he had to the Judiciary Committee so that they could make a better decision and be more informed." her lawyer, Lisa Banks, to the ABC News Congress correspondent, Mary Bruce.

Will he ever be able to live a normal life again? Bruce asked.

"She will go back to teaching, she loves being a teacher, she's very good at that," said attorney Debra Katz. "And she's anxious to get back to her family and her friends and her work, and we continue this fight, we're still looking for evidence to corroborate Judge Kavanaugh."

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