At 3 00 a. M. On the u. S. East coast, we are learning more about the list of witnesses to be interviewed by the fbi in the probe of Brett Kavanaugh. Apparently neither judge kavanaugh nor his accuser Christine Blasey ford are on that list. The president continues to insist, though, the fbi has free reign to speak to whomever they choose while conducting this oneweek limited probe. But sources tell cnn the white House Counsel is working with the Senate Republicans behind the scenes to keep the investigation narrow and to keep it focused. All this comes as a former Yale University class made is claiming that kavanaugh has not told the truth about his drinking, saying in part, this, quote, at yale, kavanaugh and i i can speak to other times. Brett was a frequent drinker and a heavy drinker. I know because especially in our first two classes of college i often drank with him. He goes on to say, when brett got drunk, he was often belligerent and aggressive, end quote. His overall drinking
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In the United States and around the world. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. This is cnn breaking news. Were following breaking news on the scope of the new investigation of the Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. A white house official tells cnn the administration has made it clear to the fbi that agents are not limited in how many witnesses they can question about allegations of past Sexual Assault by kavanaugh. President trump insisting he wants a comprehensive but quick investigation during a News Conference on trade that veered wildly off message. Mr. Trump suggesting kavanaugh had, quote, difficulty with drinking in his youth, contradicting his nominees depiction of his alcohol use. Ill get reaction from democratic senator bon menendez. Our correspondents and analysts are standing by. First to our white house correspondent, kaitlan collins. Kaitlan, the president initially refused to talk about kavanaugh earlier in the day, but all of a sudden he let lose. Reporter
Paul senator flake echoing familiar refrain from democrats in capitol hill with kavanaugh and accuser Christine Blasey ford. Each of these allegations should be investigated by the fbi. You want to reach the truth, the easy way to do that is ask the fbi to investigate. Judge kavanaugh if he truly believes theres no evidence, no witnesses that can prove your case should be joining us and demanding author refbi investigation. Paul judge, michael served as 81st attorney general of the United States, judge welcome, good to have you back again. Good to be here. Paul the focus on the fbi and theres a lot of misunderstanding and just what the fbi does in circumstances of involving nominees, its not a criminal probe, is it . No, it is not, it is the fbi conducting interviews with people who know or know about person being considered for office and they ask questions along various axis, having to do with the persons background, having to do with their character, reputation, having to do with fi