and so jeff flake is going to have to decide since he is the one that instigated the investigation if, in fact, it meets his standards of an investigation. or is it an investigation designed in essence to be a cover-up? certainly for mitch mcconnell there is no interest in finding out anything about anything. he wants to put him onto the supreme court. and the question here is, when you give consideration to the veracity of judge kavanaugh s various claims, and i m not a psychiatrist. i can t explain why you would lie about something so small or trivial about your drinking in high school or college, but he apparently has on any one of a number of different fronts. and if lying can get a 19-year-old kicked out of westpoint, certainly we should give consideration to the fact that it might be disqualifying for somebody seeking a lifetime appointment on the supreme court, which is arguably even
in a letter her lawyer says, we have received no response, and it is inconceivable that the fbi could conduct a thorough investigation of dr. ford s allegations without interviewing her, judge kavanaugh, or the witnesses we have identified in our letters to you. and tonight after days of restraint, and despite calling dr. ford s testimony credible just a few days ago, the president chose to go directly at kavanaugh s accuser at a rally tonight in mississippi. it shouldn t happen to him. it shouldn t happen to him. what he s going through, 36 years ago this happened. i had one beer, right? i had one beer. well, you think it was nope, it was one beer. oh, good. how did you get home? i don t remember. how did you get there? i don t remember. where is the place? i don t remember. how many years ago was it? i don t know. i don t know. and a man s life is in
house. and so jeff flake is going to have to decide since he is the one that instigated the investigation if, in fact, it meets his standards of an investigation. or is it an investigation designed in essence to be a cover-up? certainly for mitch mcconnell there is no interest in finding out anything about anything. he wants to put him onto the supreme court. and the question here is, when you give consideration to the veracity of judge kavanaugh s various claims, and i m not a psychiatrist. i can t explain why you would lie about something so small or trivial about your drinking in high school or college, but he apparently has on any one of a number of different fronts. and if lying can get a 19-year-old kicked out of westpoint, certainly we should give consideration to the fact that it might be disqualifying for somebody seeking a lifetime appointment on the supreme
a airairredeemably pernicious force in american life. the senate majority leader s first priority should be to strengthen the institution of the united states senate. it was once known as the greatest deliberative body in the world. he s turned it into a laughingstock. this process is profoundly corrupted. this investigation, by the way, is no such thing. it s not just a sham, it s a farce. it s not an investigation if the fbi is not permitted to be able to talk to either judge kavanaugh or to dr. ford, if it doesn t have a free hand to pursue every lead. so this investigation is directed by the white house. the fbi in essence is a contractor serving an employer in this. it s directed by the white house. and so jeff flake is going to have to decide since he is the one that instigated the investigation if, in fact, it meets his standards of an investigation.
indelible in the hippa campus is the laughter, the uproarious laughter between the two, and they re having fun at my expense. with that let s bring in our leadoff panel on a tuesday night. maya wylie is back with us, currently a professor at the new school here in new york. julia ainsley back with us, nbc national security and justice reporter. and frank montoya, a former fbi special agent in charge, who in his time at the bureau established the cyber investigative joint task force. welcome back to the broadcast, all of you. counselor, i d like to begin with you. looked at another way, this was the president of the united states in a public place going after a woman accusing his supreme court nominee, a sitting federal judge, of sexual