--- title: Stephen Colbert Slams FBI Report on Brett Kavanaugh description: Stephen Colbert slams the FBI report on Brett Kavanaugh ahead of the Senate's vote on whether to advance his nomination to the Supreme Court. canonical: https://time.com/5416694/stephen-colbert-kavanaugh-fbi-report/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-10-05T14:54:35.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:55:18.353Z og:title: Stephen Colbert Absolutely Slams FBI Report on Kavanaugh og:description: "I've had more thorough investigations to find my AirPods" og:url: https://time.com/5416694/stephen-colbert-kavanaugh-fbi-report/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0d6f50ba7c74ff28/69893bf3bc6cfce0763e71b4/screen-shot-2018-10-05-at-10-37-34-am.png?branch=production&width=1143&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1143 og:image:height: 643 og:image:alt: Stephen-Colbert-Kavanaugh-FBI-Report og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Stephen Colbert Absolutely Slams FBI Report on Kavanaugh twitter:description: "I've had more thorough investigations to find my AirPods" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0d6f50ba7c74ff28/69893bf3bc6cfce0763e71b4/screen-shot-2018-10-05-at-10-37-34-am.png?branch=production&width=1143&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # 'I've Had More Thorough Investigations to Find My AirPods.' 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Oct 5, 2018 2:54 PM UTC  CBS  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Oct 5, 2018 2:54 PM UTC Ahead of the [Senate’s vote](http://time.com/5416459/brett-kavanaugh-senate-nomination-vote-undecided/) on whether to advance [Brett Kavanaugh’s](http://time.com/5416241/brett-kavanaugh-wsj-op-ed/) nomination to the [Supreme Court](http://time.com/5416084/john-paul-stevens-brett-kavanaugh/), Stephen Colbert slammed the [FBI report](http://time.com/5415238/fbi-report-brett-kavanaugh-supreme-court/) on the sexual misconduct allegations against Kavanaugh. During Thursday’s episode of _The Late Show_, Colbert weighed in on the FBI’s investigation into [Christine Blasey Ford’s claims](http://time.com/5415027/christine-blasey-ford-testimony/) that Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her when they were both in high school. “The Republicans seem satisfied. Maine’s Susan Collins says, ‘It appears to be a very thorough investigation,'” Colbert said. “No it doesn’t, Susan. They interviewed nine people over five days. I’ve had more thorough investigations to find my AirPods.” Republicans and Democrats remain at odds over the report, with Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley stating that it found “[no hint of misconduct](http://time.com/5415238/fbi-report-brett-kavanaugh-supreme-court/)” while Sen. 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