ford s friend leyland kaiser who was said to be at that party has also taken part in an fbi interview according to her attorney. there has been much debate over the scope of this investigation and democrats say they worry republicans may try to rein in the bureau s agents on this. today the white house signed off on the bureau expanding its inquiry beyond that set set of witness, offering the agency to follow any leads they wish while still maintaining the same friday deadline. i think the fbi should do what they have to do to get to the answer. i want them to do a very comprehensive investigation, whatever that means according to the senators and the republicans and the republican majority. i want them to do that. with that being said, i would like it to go quickly. today senate majority leader mitch mcconnell was determined to signal full steam ahead. if you listen carefully, mr.
to refute the claim according to text messages obtained by nbc news. those texts sent between two of kavanaugh s friends suggest that the nominee was personally talking with former classmates about ramirez s story in advance of the new yorker article that made her allegation public. that is critically important because kavanaugh said under questioning and under oath that he learned about the ramirez allegation only when it was published in the new yorker. nbc news has confirmed that the fbi has spoken to ramirez. and the lawyer for kavanaugh s high school friend mark judge says he has spoken with the fbi but that his interview has not been completed as of yet. last thursday the first accuser dr. christine blasey ford testified judge was the one in the room during the alleged assault. ford s friend leyland kaiser has taken part in an fbi interview.
about ramirez s story in advance of the new yorker article that made her allegation public. that is critically important because kavanaugh said under questioning and under oath that he learned about the ramirez allegation only when it was published in the new yorker. nbc news has confirmed that the fbi has spoken to ramirez. and the lawyer for kavanaugh s high school friend mark judge says he has spoken with the fbi but that his interview has not been completed as of yet. last thursday the first accuser dr. christine blasey ford testified judge was the one in the room during the alleged assault. ford s friend leyland kaiser has taken part in an fbi interview. there has been much debate over the scope of this investigation and democrats say they worry republicans may try to rein in the agents on this.
it s been handled. after dr. ford s identity became public, my staff contacted all of the individuals she said attended the 1982 party, described in the washington post article. judge kavanaugh immediately submitted to an interview under penalty of felony for any knowingly false statements. he denied the allegations categorically. democratic staff was invited to participate and could have asked any questions they wanted to, but they declined. which leads me, then, to wonder, if they re really concerned with going to the truth, why wouldn t you want to talk to the accused? the process and procedure is what the committee always does when we receive allegations of wrongdoing. my staff reached out to other individuals allegedly at the party. mark judge, patrick smith, leyland kaiser. all three submitted statements
house in the bethesda area. there were four boys i remember specifically being at the house. brett kavanaugh, mark judge, a boy named p.j., and one other boy whose name i cannot recall. i also remember my friend leyland attending. i do not remember all of the details of how that gathering came together, but like many that summer, it was almost surely a spur of the moment gathering. i truly wish i could be more helpful with more detailed answers to all of the questions that have and will be asked about how i got to the party and where it took place and so forth. i don t have all the answers, and i don t remember as much as i would like to. but the details about that night that bring me here today are the ones i will never forget. they have been seared into my memory and have haunted me episodically as an adult. when i got to the small gathering, people were drinking beer in a small living room/family room type area on