face at a party when they were both college students at yale, but not the claims from julie swetnick, who has accused kavanaugh of engaging in sexual misconduct at parties when he was in high school, a high school student in the 1980s. the new york times reported that day that the white house was only allowing the fbi to interview four people, mark judge, kavanaugh s friend whom dr. ford claims was an accomplice in the alleged assault, two other people whom she claims were at the gathering where the assault allegedly occurred, and deborah ramirez, the yale accuser. on saturday night, donald trump tweeted that nbc was wrong, quote, actually, i want the fbi to interview whomever they deem appropriate at their discretion. please correct your reporting, exclamation point. but on sunday, nbc reported that despite those comments, the limits to the fbi s investigation remained unchanged, and that the fbi had received no new instructions from the white house. meanwhile, the new yorker s
swetnick, who has accused kavanaugh of engaging in sexual misconduct at parties when he was in high school, a high school student in the 1980s. t the new york times reported that day that the white house was only allowing the fbi to interview four people, mark judge, kavanaugh s friend whom dr. ford claims was an accomplice in the alleged assault, two other people whom she claims were at the gathering where the assault allegedly occurred, and deborah ramirez, the yale accuser. on saturday night, donald trump tweeted that nbc was wrong, quote, actually, i want the fbi to interview whomever they deem appropriate at their discretion. please correct your reporting, exclamation point. but on sunday nbc reported that despite those comments, the limits to the fbi s investigation remained unchanged, and that the fbi had received no new instructions from the white house. meanwhile, the new yorker s ronan farrow and jane mayer, who
allegations made by ford and last night we hear that the fbi talked to ramirez. we don t know exactly what the scope is going to be at this point. that s fair. debbie ramirez was a yale classmate who said when he was intoxicated at a party, he exposed himself and forced her to make contact with his body part because she had to push it out of her face. mark judge, the person that christine blasey-ford says was in the room when the sexual assault happened, pj smith, high school friend of kavanaugh s, leland keyser was in court. she was the other young woman who ford claims was at the party. and then deborah ramirez, who we just outlined. this is not a criminal investigation where fbi agents can go wherever the facts take
reporter: democrats point to constraints on last week s hearing, where the senate judiciary committee listened to the testimony of kavanaugh s accuser, christine blasey ford, but didn t hear from mark judge. that s the man who ford claims was in the room when she was assaulted by kavanaugh. you don t let that person disappear to the beach, with their clothes stacked in a car and hide from the process. you have to talk to everybody. reporter: the battle over kavanaugh is overshadowing the president s attempts to focus on his agenda, like today s news conference that was supposed to be about a new trade deal with mexico and canada. mr. trump seemed to delight in taking on his gop critics who have blasted his policy at imposing tariffs on u.s. allies. just for those babies out there that keep talking about tariffs, that includes congress. oh, please, don t charge tariffs. without tariffs, you wouldn t be we wouldn t be standing here. reporter: now, in a strange way, the battle
for his part brett kavanaugh released a statement through the white house that reads in part, quote, i ve been interviewed by the fbi. i ve done a number of background calls directly with the senate and yesterday i answered questioned under oath about every topic. i ve done everything they have requested and will continue to cooperate. attorneys for dr. ford responded to today s news with this statement. dr. christine blasey ford welcomes this step in the process. no artificial limits as to time or scope should be imposed on this investigation they add. brett kavanaugh s high school friend mark judge who dr. ford claims was also in the room watching during the alleged assault, said through his lawyer, quote, i will cooperate with any law enforcement agency that is assigned to confidentially investigate these allegations. earlier tonight the senate passed a motion to begin debate on kavanaugh, largely procedural. nothing will happen as it s now in recess until monday, and a reminder, th