become a just call the balls and strikes supreme court justice. no one is naive enough to believe that presidents don t very often nominate people aligned with their own political party or ideology to positions on the courts, but brett kavanaugh is unique in that where as most nominees and even kavanaugh himself in the first round of his nomination present themselves as fair mind, open-minded, nonpartisan umpires who just follow the law. kavanaugh is attempting to salvage that by dropping the pretense and being as openly partisan as democrats already suspect he is, showing he is willing to fight the clinton culture wars from the bench, that he is willing to align himself openly with donald trump in style and in substance, which begs the question. does that jeopardize his ability to remain in the job that he has now as a federal judge, let alone get a promotion to the supreme court? because there is a constitutional option that applies to judges just like it
this morning, even moderate republicans who were still on the fence about brett kavanaugh appeared to be falling in line. senator jeff flake, who was as of last night telling reporters that this was a tough decision for him and who was reportedly visibly torn over whether or not to confirm kavanaugh announced this morning that in fact he would vote to confirm kavanaugh to the supreme court. the white house expressed pleasure with the decision, as did republican senators. there were even reports this morning that democratic senator joe manchin had decided to join and vote to confirm kavanaugh as well. his office later denied those reports. this morning, it really felt like this was it, game over. until suddenly, it wasn t. throughout the morning, hundreds of protesters swarmed senate office buildings. their chants echoing through the halls, we believe survivors. some protesters were arrested.
he wanted a delay and an fbi investigation into the current credible allegations against him. if his colleagues pushed through and scheduled a final vote with no investigation, jeff flake would be a no vote on sending brett kavanaugh to the supreme court. jeff flake s stop the presses moment today set in motion two major things that have changed the course of events for brett kavanaugh s nomination, possibly for good. for one, democrats and dr. ford have now gotten what they asked for, what they have consistently demanded for days now, an fbi investigation into allegations against brett kavanaugh. why aren t you also asking the fbi to investigate these claims? just ask the president to reopen the fbi investigation. judge kavanaugh will, you support an fbi investigation right now? i will do whatever the committee wants
with dr. ford s and others testimony than his own. christine blasey ford spent yesterday being scrutinized for anything that might possibly show her to not be 100%, one thousand% credible. but brett kavanaugh has left some serious doubts on the table about his own truthfulness before the senate committee as he seeks a promotion to a lifetime seton nation s highest court. and next week an fbi investigation might deliver some answers to some of the questions raised during these hearing, and week is practically a lifetime in politics. drinking is one thing, but the concern is about truthfulness.
background check forms, that could spark a criminal investigation in which law enforcement could use the full extent of its legal powers. joining our discussion now, mimi roca, a former assistant district attorney in new york and a former hs nmsnbc analyst. i think there were four categories right off the back the fbi is probably going to focus on with respect to the ford allegation. the first is mark judge. a probing interview needs to be conducted of mark judge. i think kavanaugh said during hearing fbi agents don t draw conclusions, yes. but they interview people every single day and do draw conclusions ability their credibility and whether people are telling the truth. and there are many ways to do that with mark judge, to figure out exactly what he means when he says he doesn t remember,