Article snippet: The TAKE with Rick Klein This phase of the Trump presidency is in the hands of ... the FBI. Sort of. As arguments turn to the scope of the Donald Trump’s Republican Party if the oft-maligned — by Trump himself — agency is allowed to do its job. Perhaps it’s not — and that there are no good political options available anymore in Kavanaugh’s nomination for the Supreme Court. But whether a full-fledged investigation is allowed to proceed is not necessarily going to be based on facts unearthed, or whether Kavanaugh is found to have misled the Senate Judiciary Committee. Sen. Lindsey Graham, who has emerged as Kavanaugh’s leading Senate advocate, made a critical point on ABC’s "This Week with George Stephanopoulos": "I know that Senators Flake, Collins, and Murkowski wanted a limited review," the Republican senator from South Carolina said. Sen. Jeff Flake’s agreement with colleagues, including Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski, brought the FBI into this. But the White House counsel’s office is running the process — not senators, and not really the FBI. Kavanaugh on Thursday and Trump on Saturday both framed the confirmation battle as a partisan exercise. They’re not wrong — at least not yet. The process and how it’s allowed to move forward will still be a function of who controls the votes. The RUNDOWN with MaryAlice Parks The president is getting out of town this week, with official White House and political events in Tennessee, Pennsylvania, Miss... Link to the full article to read more