Democratic Senator Manchin says still undecided on Kavanaugh vote

[October 05, 2018]    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic Senator Joe Manchin said on Thursday he still had not decided how he would vote on Brett Kavanaugh's nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court.

U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) questions Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey and Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg during their testimony before a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on foreign influence operations on social media platforms on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., September 5, 2018. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts

Manchin, a key swing vote, told reporters after leaving a secure room where senators are reading an FBI report on sexual misconduct allegations against Kavanaugh that he would return on Friday morning to finish reading the report. A procedural vote on the nomination is scheduled for Friday.

(Reporting by Richard Cowan; Writing by Eric Beech; Editing by Mohammad Zargham)

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