Administered Christine Blaseyfords test. And Rachel Mitchell, the prosecutor the gop picked to interview ford and Brett Cavanagh. Our guest has gone up against her as a defense attorney for 20 years and they happen to be friends too. We will cover everything you need to know about tomorrows hearing tonight. Welcome to fox news at night, we have team coverage, Kristin Fisher will separate fact from fiction on the claims from Brett Kavanaughs accuser is. Here that henry with latebreaking details. Reporter donald trump has been furious republicans have not been aggressive enough defending Brett Kavanaugh amid this onslaught. In a phone call Mitch Mcconnell said the president was complaining republicans have been standing by and letting democrats ruin this mans life. Sources say the president leave republicans that have pushed ray vote after the first round of hearings and before the allegations surfaced. The president was firm in saying he backs Brett Kavanaugh and once a senate vote but
Accusations about Brett Kavanaugh to the Judiciary Committee. The strategy seemed to be to draw cameras away from what the white house expected to be a damaging hearing for Brett Kavanaugh. But there was a genuine sense of urgency about the meeting the president wanted to have with Deputy Attorney general Rod Rosenstein because Rod Rosenstein was then publicly struggling to deny a story in the New York Times saying that early in the Trump Administration rod rozenstein discussed trying to assemble evidence to be used in convincing the Vice President and the cabinet to remove President Trump from power by using the process authorized in the 25th amendment. And Rod Rosenstein in that story was being quoted as willing to wear a wire possibly himself to record the president , to gather evidence against the president. Speculation was then running high that the president would use the meeting that was scheduled for the same time as the Kavanaugh Hearing to fire Rod Rosenstein and force tv att
Rape by Supreme Court nominee with an otherwise impeccable reputation lets revisit with the president said about Brett Kavanaughs case. He has talked about it more than once. Reporter if he has. It took a little longer than expected to get the president to the stage but the crowd was fully engaged and ready to hear from the commander in chief, not just here to talk about his Supreme Court nominee but a spate of gop candidates, supporting dean heller in a dog fight for the senate seat, trying to keep that for the republicans. He talked about Brett Kavanaugh and was very careful in showing support for Brett Kavanaugh, nothing about the woman who accused him of assaulting her when they were in high school. Im not saying anything about anybody else but i want to tell you that Brett Kavanaugh is one of the finest human beings you will ever have the privilege of knowing or meeting. A great intellect, a great gentleman, impeccable reputation, went to yale, top students, went to yale law schoo
And a crack in the Supreme Court nomination strategy. Senate leaders say no, but the white house said they are open to a second Brett Kavanaugh accuser delivering testimony. Judge kavanaugh tries to quiet any talk he will bow out. They call it ra democratic congame. We never had charges like this. Charges come up from 36 years ago that are totally unsubstantiated. Watching this as the president of a great country, you must say how is this possible . 36 years ago . Nobody ever knew about it or heard about it and now a new charge comes up and she said it may not be him and there were gaps and she was totally inebriated and all messed up and doesnt know if it was him, but it might have been him. Oh, gee, lets not make him a Supreme Court judge because of that. This is a congame being played by the democrats. The president on the attack and new and noteworthy cracks to rush judge kavanaughs nomination across the finish line. The white house said its okay with letting a second accuser testi
Proposal you provided via email on september 21st, 2018, at 2 33 p. M. , are fundamentally inconsistent with the committees promise of a fair, impartial investigation into her allegations, and we are disappointed with the leaks and the bullying that have tainted the process, we are hopeful that we can Reach Agreement on details. Can we set up a time for later this afternoon to continue our negotiations . Republicans expressing frustration at that request. Senator orrin hatch, a member of the Senate Judiciary committee, tweeting this. Worth noting that this is exactly where we were on monday morning, without agreeing to a date, time, and terms, we are no closer to hearing from dr. Ford than we were when her lawyer said dr. Ford was willing to testify during their media tour six days ago. Our Supreme Court reporter, ary ariane de vogue has more. Walk us through those sticking points. Ana, youre absolutely right. If you carefully read this statement, she said, as you said, that ford accep