brett kavanaugh or brett and others around him may have been trying to reach out to try to get people to maybe buck up his side of the story or become sort of character witnesses in advance of the story that the new yorker was going to put out about ms. ramirez. do we know whether the fbi has now actually contacted those would-be witnesses or do we have any reporting on why it seems to be so difficult for witnesses who want to be in touch to actually get through to the fbi? we have nothing to suggest yet that the fbi has contacted those witnesses, but today s announcement, or today s reporting that the white house is going to allow the fbi to slightly expand its inquiry suggests that they may well contact those witnesses. but that s a far cry from where we started here joy which i think on friday when this fbi investigation was announced, a lot of people had this idea that hundreds of agents were going to be fanning out across the country, interviewing every witness they could to g
they want to talk to the fbi, the white house cannot stop that from happening, but it s not clear what s going to happen with that information other than that the fbi agent who takes the interview will bring wry it up in a report and send it up the chain. as far as i understand, that is not really the subject of their inquiry right now, even though many democrats would like it to be because they think it goes to kavanaugh s creditability. indeed. ken dilanian, intelligence and national security reporter for nbc, thank you very much. really appreciate it. thanks. all right. our next guest spent 25 years inside the fbi. you are going to want to hear what he has to say about this new investigation into brett kavanaugh. stay with us. brett kavanaugh. stay with us five hundred years, right? fact is, there have been twenty-six in the last decade. allstate is adapting. with drones to assess home damage sooner. and if a flying object damages your car, you can snap a photo and get your cl
messages suggest kavanaugh wanted to refute accuser s claim before it became public. this is from nbc s heidi przybilla. in the days leading up to a allegation that supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh exposed himself to a college classmate, the judge and his team were communicating behind the scenes with friends to refute the claim. according to text messages obtained by nbc news. carrie bircham who was at yale has tried to get the messages to the fbi for its newly reopened investigation into the matter but says she has yet to be contacted by the bureau. the texts show kavanaugh may need to be questioned about how far back he anticipated that ramirez would air allegations against him. berchem says in her memo that kavanaugh and/or his friends may have anticipated an anticipatory narrative as early as july to
her five-minute increments. she didn t really talk to him. so is it odd to you, as it is to many who are looking at this that she reached a conclusion without ever having delved into that july 1st, 1982 entry which seems to corroborate that there was a party that at least merited looking into whether that was the party? you know, prosecutors in criminal cases don t always get to talk to defendants before they make a charging decision. of course, we know that this is not a criminal case, but mitchell in her memo says i m a prosecutor, this is what i know best. so i ll talk about criminal standards. so you and i both know that that s never before been the standard for whether or not a nominee should be confirmed, but let s just take it at face value for a minute. this is a prosecutor who did have access to a quote/unquote defendant. she could have heard a lot more of kavanaugh s story. and the fact that she didn t would at least seem to indicate that she might have had some caution tha
police department. mr. kavanaugh was not arrested, but the police report stated that a 21-year-old man accused mr. kavanaugh of throwing ice on him for some unknown reason. a witness to the fight said that chris dudley, a yale basketball player who is friends with mr. kavanaugh then threw a glass that hit the 21-year-old man in the ear, according to the police report. the report said that the victim was bleeding from the right ear and was later treated at a local hospital. mr. dudley denied the allegation, according to the report, but for his part, speaking to the officers, mr. kavanaugh did not want to say if he threw the ice or not. the police report said. the police report referred to the altercation, which occurred at a ball called demery s as an assault. it did not say whether anyone was arrested, and there is no indication that charges were filed. the times also reporting tonight that chad luddington, who first described this incident said he has been in touch with the fbi.