that are almost dhefinitely - he was almost certainly dishonest about his drinking record, talking about how he never blacked out when many classmates said otherwise. he seemed to be dishonest about the meaning of certain sexual n innuendo in his yearbook, slang in his yearbook. there were plenty of times he could have been frank ask admitted he was a jerky high school student, and instead he put forward this image of a choir boy. i feel like all of that is going to be shown quickly to be untrue. the question is whether that will be definitive when the senate finally votes on this. two women have accused brett kavanaugh and his friend mark judge of sexual misconduct. at parties when they were younger. yesterday under oath dr. ford accused kavanaugh of assaulting her while judge looked on, an allegation he s denied. and as a central figure mr. judge was never called to testify to speak to the fbi, not
the judiciary committee under penalty of jur perjury is the et statement that will be made to the fbi. reporter: the president indicated he believes the fbi investigation will affirm kavanaugh s high moral character. also the senate has said the fbi investigation be limited to current credible allegations against the nominee and must be completed no later than one week from today. and in a side that the judiciary committee is serious about false accusations, it has submitted a criminal referral to the fbi regarding false statements made to the committee by an individual who accused kavanaugh of assault on a boat in new port, rhode island harbor, an accusations which was later recanted. eboni. eboni: thank you so much, doug. leland? leland: we bring in california congressman john garmandi for his thoughts on this. dianne feinstein is at the center of the beginning of the
dr. ford. it was about delaying the hearing. and in a sign that the judiciary committee is serious about false accusations, it has submitted a criminal referral to the fbi regarding false statements made to the committee about an individual who accused kavanaugh of assault on a boat in new port harbor, an accusation later recanted. jon? jon: doug mcelway in washington, thanks. for more on the reopened fbi investigation, let s bring in politics editor of the washington examiner . it is kind of interesting to hear senators like mazie hirono of hawaii saying a week is not enough. that s the time line that was given to the fbi by the senate; right? that s right. it only took three days for the fbi investigation into clarence thomas and anita hill which has been cited repeatedly by democrats as the precedent that should be followed in this particular case. one of the things that really created bad blood within the senate and especially on the
american people to have those facts and judge for themselves. reporter: swetnick s lawyer says she watched thursday s hearing from a private location. there s deborah ramirez in an interview with the new yorker, accused kavanaugh of exposing himself to her at a party at yale university in the 1980s. she recalls pushing him away and then seeing him laughing and pulling his pants up. reporter: kavanaugh vehemently denies both women s allegations. i ve never sexual assaulted anyone, not in high school, not in college, not ever. the swetnick thing is a joke. that is a farce. reporter: lawyers for swetnick and ramirez have been sparring with republicans on the judiciary committee. republicans accusing the women s lawyers of stonewalling requests for information. and they have made no attempt to substantiate their claims. reporter: lawyers for the women denying that, saying they want to testify. now a key question, with the
dorm suite. julie swetnik accused kavanaugh of exposing himself at parties and in a letter to the the senate judiciary committee, a woman says her daughter witnessed kavanaugh drunkenly push her friend, a woman he was dating, up against a wall very aggressively and sexually after they left a bar one night in 1998. however, the people who dr. ford says attended the party where she alleges the assault took place have no recollection of the event. neither the new yorker nor the new york times were able to find witnesses acknowledging the episode. none of miss swetnik s claims could be independently corroborated by the new york times and no witnesses or even a name has emerged about the fourth allegation. so here we are. so here we are, joyce.