a track record of tough stories about democrats and republicans, that was immensely frustrating. because the fact patterns themselves were compelling and important and deserved to be heard. and obviously, there were the two on-the-record stories that we broke, the first details of christine blasey ford and then debora ramirez, both of whom win, i think, were very credible. but there were other leads out there that were foreclosed because of that partisan race to confirm and because of the incredible rancor around it. so you are saying that there were women who had allegations against kavanaugh who never came forward? i m not going to talk in specific terms except to say thatreported, more opportunities for reporting were foreclosed by the fact that there was this incredibly vicious partisan atmosphere around it. and that is at odds with anyone seeking the facts. i think any reporter talking to a potential source that wants to talk about serious harm has to be honest about the fac
confirmation hearings, it was a job application, not a criminal investigation. yet if it s a job application and you have testimony that the guy is a belligerent drunk at times, when he drink s too much he gets very belligerent, dangerous to people, why didn t they go down that line of inquiry? it seems that would be one of the things you have to look at. it seems they want to have it both way. it seems like they are inadvertently confusing the american public where guilty beyond a reasonable a doubt and presumption of innocence and all of those things. and that does matter when you re talking about taking away someone s liberty. in this instance, it s not taking away brett kavanaugh s liberty. it s, should we be giving him the privilege and responsibility of sitting on the highest court of the land, which oversees the criminal justice system. and, if you have someone with a credible allegation of sexual assault in their past and other allegations, as well, like the one we re getting
for them to follow the leads that they get, is noteworthy. however, i was also told a short while ago, that as part of the conversations that launched this investigation on friday, flake was one of those participants, of course, that mitch mcconnell told the white house that what those key republican senators wanted to be investigated were these credible claims, but specifically, to interview four people. to interview mark judge, leland k keyser, p.j. smyth, and debora ramirez, another woman who says that she at yale college university, sorry, says that she has another allegation against him. and that s it. so the question is, how quickly are those conversations going to go? and whether or not those interviews are going to lead the fbi to wanting to follow up with other interviews and other
undergraduate at yale university at a dorm party. she reportedly pushed him away, causing her to touch him without his consent. ramirez admits she had been drinking during the incident, however an unnamed classmate also told the new yorker that he was certain he was told either immediately or a day after the incident that it was 100% kavanaugh who exposed himself. cnn so far has not spoken to anyone who is willing to corroborate debora ramirez s story as reported by the new yorker so let s go to our correspondent up on capitol hill. thursday turning out to be a massive day in washington. judge cavanaugh ends this letter, i look forward to answering questions from the senate on thursday. that s right, brook. this is really brett kavanaugh digging in even more saying he wants to testify, he expects to testify on thursday. notable he essentially says he will not be intimidated into withdrawing his name. this letter is significant not only in its tone and how forceful it is, but the
president trump is doubling down on his support of judge kavanaugh. i think this could be the single most unfair, unjust thing to happen to a candidate, but i am with judge kavanaugh and i look forward to a vote. for people to come out of the woodwork from 36 years ago and 30 years ago and never mention it, all of a sudden it happens, in my opinion it s totally political. now the president and republican leaders are rejecting democrats calls to delay thursday s hearing. kavanaugh s first accuser, christine blasey ford and kavanaugh are expected to testify. the new yorker is reporting a woman by the name of debora ramirez says kavanaugh exposed himself to her when the two were