on terms that are fair and which ensure her safety. a hearing on monday, though, is not possible. right now, negotiations are ongoing and two sources confirm the thought that christine ford s legal team insisting on two key things. first, no lawyers can do no questioning. only the committee. second, kavanaugh cannot be in the room.ka and finally, kavanaugh must go first. noticeably absent from the list of demands is their full investigation first, and then a hearing, which democrats have agreed with. we have to get to the bottom of this as americans before we put someone on the supremeav court for life. republicans offerer that she can testify in whatever setting that makes her feel the most comfortable. either a public or private hearing. they believe that should be enough. ultimately if that doesn t happen, number one, she shouldn t be criticized for not doing it. number two, we can t force her and we shouldn t.
kavanaugh will be on the united states supreme court. attorneys for professor christine blasey ford requested a thursday hearing, with only members of the senate judiciary questioning, kavanaugh cannot be in the room with her and she insists that kavanaugh must go first. those close to the negotiation say the idea of judge kavanaugh testifying first is a nonstarter and so is the demand that the committee subpoena some of judge kavanaugh s classmates. he wrote chairman grassley saying he plans to be here to testify on monday. writing democrats are defending christine blasey ford as she weighs testify next week and they are trying to turn up the heat on judge kavanaugh. why isn t judge kavanaugh asking for an fbi investigation if he has nothing to hide?
to the committee this afternoon saying that she wishes to testify provided we can agree on terms that are fair and which ensure her safety. a hearing on monday, though, is not possible. right now, negotiations are ongoing and two sources confirm the thought that christine ford s legal theme insisting on two key things. first, no lawyers can do no questioning. only the committee. kavanaugh cannot be in the room. and kavanaugh should go first. missing is the demands for a full investigation first, and a hearing, which democrats have agreed with. we have to get to the bottom of this as americans before we put someone on the supreme court for life. but dell makes republicans offer that she can testify in whatever setting that makes her feel comfortable. they believe that should be enough. ultimately if that doesn t happen, number one, she shouldn t be criticized for not
said today, we didn t leak the information.n. the only people who had the letter were democrats. so it wasn t a republican who leak to the information. do you think they did it on purpose? they do it, may be, against the wishes against professor ford. what does that tell you about it? that s an interesting question, sean. the democrats have not been cryptic for this strategy. you ve seen senator hirono come out and say we ll leave this empty for two years. now i am seeing some trial balloons floated that if kavanaugh is, in fact, pointed, every case considered in front of the kavanaugh s supreme court would be considered illegitimat illegitimate. so this is a lose-lose and it s time for the republicans to stand up and say, listen, we ve given you multiple opportunities, taken these charges very seriously, given the multiple avenues to testify, we want to hear your story. if you want to be heard and lay out a bunch of interminabley.
he has to hear what the charges are. this is a demand clearly not work being. being put there because i think they know nobody will agree to that. ainsley: a stunt? steve: no, we can t do that then she will say look, i m not coming. i tried. no you didn t try. judge kavanaugh cannot possibly go first. is he being accused. second, the fbi demands for an investigation is outrageous. did i background with the secret service for the federal government. i did them. no one is going to tell me how they work. they cannot. i cannot be clearer on this and the democrats know this. they are not criminal backgrounds. they are criminal history background. there is a difference. in other words, if a character background. i want to make sure, ed, if you were applying to be a secret service agent or a judge you haven t been arrested so we know what your character is. i do not do criminal investigation. if your neighbor says hey ed did this when he was 16 and may have been criminal. the best the secre