Had an incident at some point in her life and you are sympathetic to that, but your reputation is on the line, and i hope people understand the gravity of the charges made against you and what a fair process looks like. For klobuchar. Thank you, mr. Chairman. Judge, were talking here about decency, and you understand we have this constitutional duty to advise and consent. And for me when this evidence came forward, i decided that i needed to look at this and i needed to find out about it and i needed to ask you questions about it as well as others that were involved. So, again, im not going to take quite the same approach as my colleagues here and talk about don mcgahn or any of this. Why dont you just ask the president. Dr. Ford cant do this. We clearly havent been able to do this, but just ask the president to reopen the fbi investigation. I think the committee youre doing the investigation. Im here to answer your questions, and i should say one thing, senator klobuchar which is i ap
What is the red line that could sink his nomination . One of the veterans of the Senate Judiciary committee will join us live. Welcome to the lead, im jake tapper. We begin with the politics lead today. President trumps Rose Garden Press Conference was intended to be a victory lap on the issue of trade, but instead it was pulled into the vortex of his Controversial Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, the new fbi investigation, and questions about kavanaughs drinking in the past, with the white house pressured by congress now expanding the ability of the fbi to investigate the Sexual Assault allegations, and anything else they might deem relevant. Just moments ago, the Senate Majority leader, mitch mcconnell, spoke about this. If you listen carefully, mr. President , you can practically hear the sounds of the democrats moving the goalpost. Let me make a small prediction. Soon enough, the goal posts will be on the move once again. Now, whether you think the goal posts about kavanaugh
Her life and you are sympathetic to that. But your reputation is on the line. And i hope people understand the gravity of the charges made against you and what a fair process look like. Senator klobuchar. Thank you, mr. Chairman. Judge, we are talking here about decency and you understand we have this constitutional duty to advise and consent. For me, when this evidence came forward, i decided that i needed to look at this and i needed to find out about it and i needed to ask you questions about it as well as others that were involved. So again, im not going to take quite the same approach as my colleagues here and talk about Donald Mcgahn or any of this. Why dont you just ask the president , dr. Ford cant do this. We clearly havent been able to do it. Ask the president to reopen the investigation. I think the committee, you are doing the investigation. Im here to answer questions. I should say something, senator klobuchar. I appreciate our meeting together. I appreciate how you handle
This week even though the fbi is still in the middle of their investigation into the multiple allegations of Sexual Assault against kavanaugh. All of which he denies. Some Senate Republicans have a pretty high bar for the results of that investigation. Find concrete corroboration of decades old allegations. Anything short of direct evidence means kavanaugh makes it to the court. Just ask senator joni ernst of iowa. Well, what we want to see is, is there evidence or corroboration the fbi is eight to find through this supplemental investigation that would corroborate dr. Fords accusations, and if not, i will continue to support judge kavanaugh based on the information that i have at this time. But what about all the other kavanaugh narratives that are circling this afternoon . Should they be concerned during this nomination process about those . President trump addressed questions about kavanaughs honesty just last hour. I dont think you should lie to congress. There have been a lot of p
Itself, today attorneys for Christine Blasey fords whose allegation of Sexual Assault against kavanaugh sparked the entire background probe told nbc news the fbi has not contacted her. Dr. Ford has not even heard from the fbi. The fbi has completed its interview on mark judge, kavanaughs friend who ford identified as being in the room when she was allegedly assaulted. An attorney for Deborah Ramirez who alleged kavanaugh exposed himself to her at a dorm party at yale said she spoke to the fbi for over two hours. At the end of the interview her lawyers provided the fbi with names and known Contact Information of additional witnesses totaling more than 20 people. We are not aware of the fbi affirmatively reaching out to those witnesses. They are not interviewing ford, kavanaugh and leads that they get. Kavanaugh has denied both allegations, of course. At the white house today President Trump once again expressed optimism about kavanaughs fate and defended him. I think that judge kavanaug