Lying or mistaken . Those are two very different approaches. He has as of now never said lying, he has only said mistaken. But President Trump and kavanaughs defenders have suggested she is lying. But now he has heard her say i am 100 sure it was Brett Kavanaugh. So its really hard to go the mistaken route if shes so insistent. I dont really know whats the best way but thats a really important choice he has to make. So this Opening Statement is going to set the tone, right . Just in the break i talked to two people who have been really involved in this confirmation long before these allegations and neither of them had any idea what he was going to say. They hadnt heard and didnt know what the Opening Statement was. Maybe hes thinking about himself now, not thinking about the republicans on the committee, hes not thinking about the white house. Hes thinking about the fact this is his current job maybe, the Supreme Court see the and his reputation forever. In the statement maybe hell ask
Donald trump you heard senator hirono separating children at the border. The more they make this seem this is antitrump, the more it will hurt their efforts to say kavanaugh has a serious credibility problem. They need to keep the issues separate, focus on kavanaugh or risk making it look incredibly partisan. Martha the horse is out of the barn on that. Senator hirono has said that she doesnt care what happened that night. She said what she cares about is based on his judicial decisions in the past, she thinks hes guilty. Senator koonce has said the burden is on him to prove he didnt do this. We go in with that as a backdrop. In the first confirmation hearing, Lindsey Graham pointed out that donald trump nominated Brett Kavanaugh july 9 at 9 00 p. M. By 10 18, an hour and 18 minutes later, six major democrats including top democrat in the senate, schumer, the top democrat in the house, pelosi, had already said they oppose his nomination. Theres people that was like verdict today, trial
Again, i dont want to rule out having crossed paths with her in high school. Similar to your statements about knowing dr. Ford . Correct. Senator feinstein. Judge kavanaugh, its my understanding that you have denied the allegations by dr. Ford, mrs. Ramirez and mrs. Is that correct . Yes. All three of these women have asked the fbi to investigate their claims. I listened carefully to what you said. Your concern is evident and clear. If youre very confident of your position and you appear to be, why arent you also asking the fbi to investigate these claims . Senator, ill do whatever the committee wants. I wanted a hearing the day after the allegation came up. I wanted to be here that day. Instead, ten days passed where all of this nonsense is coming out, you know, that im in gangs, im on boats in rhode island. Im in colorado. Im cited all over the place. These things and printed and run by cable news breathlessly. I wanted a hearing the next day. My family has been destroyed by this, se
Some point at some event. I know her i know of her, and, again, i dont want to rule out having crossed paths with her in high school. Similar to your statements about knowing dr. Ford . Correct. Okay. Senator feinstein. Judge kavanaugh, its my understanding that you have denied the allegations by dr. Ford, miss ramirez and miss swetnick, is that correct . Yes. All three of these women have asked the fbi to investigate their claims. I listened carefully to what you said. Your concern is evident and clear, and if youre very confident of your position and you appear to be, why arent you also asking the fbi to investigate these claims. Senator, ill do whatever the committee wants. I wanted a hearing the day after the allegation came up. I wanted to be here that day. Instead, ten days passed where all this nonsense is coming out, you know, that im in gangs, on im boats in rhode island. Im in colorado, you know, im cited all over the place, and these things are printed and run breathlessly b