drinking has become a red herring for democrats. so it s unclear if they would want that to actually happen, kate. now, abby, what more do we know or what more are you learning about this bar fight when kavanaugh was in college? this has become an interesting issue, raised by one of kavanaugh s college classmates, who said he often drank with kavanaugh and believed he was mischaracterizing his drinking habits. the bar fight happened apparently after a concert, a ub-40 concert, in which kavanaugh and a friend were at a bar, and someone mistook a person at the bar for the lead singer of this group. then a foeth happened. what we learned this morning is one person, kavanaugh s friend, was actually arrested during that altercation. now, all of this is being told by one of kavanaugh s classmates, chad ludingten, and here s what he had to say to reporters yesterday outside of his home in north carolina. i don t think that getting drunk in your college years should matter, no.
argument at the end of the week. so soon, i ll expect that we ll hear that the conclusions of the expert prosecutor who questioned both witnesses at last week s hearing aren t reliable, or what the fbi s investigation was not infinite or endless enough for their liking. maybe we ll hear the real issue is not these uncorroborated allegations of misconduct after all but rather the fact that judge kavanaugh now listen to this drank beer in high school and in college. well, now that you mention it, the drinking is, in fact, a major sticking point for a lot of people, and not just senate democrats. several of kavanaugh s college classmates have come forward to allege that he was a heavy, sloppy drinker in college. and no, the issue is not whether or not kavanaugh drank a lot in his youth, something that pretty much everyone including the senate democrats appear willing to forgive. it s that they claim he has
what we can find out. senator susan collins confirmed to nbc news she was also consulted about the decision to authorize an expanded investigation. and tonight amid lingering questions over the scope of the probe, new evidence obtained by nbc news suggests kavanaugh may have been pressuring college classmates behind the scenes to rebut the sexual misconduct claim by deborah ramirez. nbc source says efforts to turn that evidence over to the fbi have thus far been unsuccess. . i m joined by nbc news heidi przybyla. what have you found, heidi? this is someone, chris, who did not want to come forward but she has tried several times to get her information through the fbi unsuccessfully and nbc obtained a memo that she had sent to the fbi detailing text messages between herself and another former yale classmate of brett kavanaugh. the text messages she said she s drawn no specific conclusions about it, but that she s very concerned about what might be behind them for two reasons.
expert prosecutor who questioned both witnesses at last week s hearing aren t reliable or that the fbi s investigation was not infinite or endless enough for their liking. maybe we ll hear the real issue is not these uncorroborated allegations of misconduct after all but rather the fact that judge kavanaugh now listen to this drank beer in high school. and in college. well, now that you mention it, the drinking is in fact a major sticking point for a lot of people, and not just senate democrats. several of kavanaugh s college classmates have come forward to allege that he was a heavy, sloppy drinker in college. and no, the issue is not whether or not kavanaugh drank a lot in his youth, something that pretty much everyone including the senate democrats appear willing to forgive. it s they claim he has repeatedly blatantly lied about
kavanaugh of exposing himself. kavanaugh has denied all of these allegations. we know the fbi has spoken to ramirez on sunday. nbc news has learned of one of kavanaugh s former yale classmates, chad letington. he also plans to speak with the fbi. he says brett drank heavily in college, became belligerent and aggressive. on saturday, the president said the fbi can talk to anyone they want. they have free rein. whatever it is they do. they ll be doing things we never even thought of. hopefully at the conclusion, everything will be fine. what does that even mean? things we haven t even thought of. mubut multiple sources say tt is not correct, that the president is not telling the truth. the third accuser is not on the list and they say the fbi has not received authorization to speak to college classmates who have specifically contradicted kavanaugh s account of how much he drank or how high school