you? we want to be really transparent about this. she made very serious allegations. i sat down with julie swetnick on sunday afternoon. we spent more than 24 hours reporting and vetting what she said to us using the resources of nbc news. kavanaugh, as you mentioned, has called julie swetnick s story nonsense and a farce. the president yesterday also questioned her credibility. and nbc news has not been able to independently verify her claims. swetnick told me that she and her friends lived in gaithersbu gaithersburg, used to go down to the bethesda area for house parties in the early 80s. she says she was introduced to brett kavanaugh, and here s what she remembers about how he behaved. can you describe to me what you saw him do? he was very aggressive, very sloppy drunk, very mean drunk. i saw him go up to girls and paw on them, try to, you know, get a
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interviewed by the fbi. could the fbi realistically conduct a thorough investigation without, again, talking to professor ford? i think it s standard process in any investigation that if you have a complainant who s a witness, somebody who s made these allegations, that would be the first person to be interviewed. you ve also in this case got the accused. the president said that judge kavanaugh could be interviewed. i think the bureau would typically do that in the course of an investigation. if there are parameters that have been placed, remember, they are working at the behest of the white house. the white house has made a statement that said they can go wherever they want to go, but the reality is it s being filtered down through the department of justice. the bureau is likely getting directions contemporaneous their interviews from the department of justice. how involved do you think this white house is in terms of directing the fbi, guiding the fbi through the course of this
republicans? well, in general it s good for the country. we have millions of people, a majority of the country doesn t vote on any election day. the fact that you have 800,000 people registered to vote on one day is a very good sign. it s a good sign for democrats in that democrats have been angry since election night 2016. a lot of the policies by president trump have made them even more angry or kept the angry going. the kavanaugh nomination is another perfect example of that. but we can t underestimate the amount of anger and enthusiasm on the republican side. i don t think it s as big or as roiling as on the democratic side, but we don t know the party registration, at least i don t think we do, of the 800,000. i would be assuming the overwhelming majority are registering democrat. president obama endorsing candidates in 29 states. there are some notable names missing from the list, among
no, the fbi they should take by the way, if we took ten years, they d want more time. how comfortable is the white house, betsy, with this expanded inquiry? of course the president switching rhetoric on these things reflects tension within the white house and reflebcts te fact that he s hearing different assessments from different people when it comes to how he should be talking about this fbi investigation that could potentially upend what he views as a key legacy item for his presidency. the broader question of how folks in the white house feel about this fbi probe is one that s a little challenging to answer. remember, the white house is not a mono lif you may hear different things about the comfort level. just the extension of the time frame that it takes for kavanaugh to be confirmed gives more time for other potential accusers to come forward. this is something that people in the white house have been worried about going as far back