An incomplete investigation that was limited, perhaps by the white house. We had many fears that this was a very limited process that would constrain the fbi from getting all the facts. Having received a thorough briefing on documents, those fears have been realized. The public cant see it. Its a complete sham. The investigation was a sham. Theyre not talking to witnesses they should have talked to and theyre trying to block the Senate Access to the report and Public Access to the report. Theres 46 pages of testimony or interviews. No corroboration whatsoever. Im more confident than ever that what the Committee Found is held up and then some. Its time for women to woman up and men to man up and senators and lets start voting. This is the United States of america. Nobody is supposed to be guilty until proven innocent. Ill be proud to vote to advance this nomination tomorrow. Emotions are running high on capitol hill right now as members of the United States Senate Review the fbi report
Raise millions of dollars and compete in races theyd otherwise be priced out of. Weve seen at least 4 million unique donors and many of them have donated multiple times. Do those numbers, like, make your head explode a little bit . Theyre a lot bigger than they used to be. We begin with the fbi report that everyone has been waiting for. Finally making its way to capitol hill. But you and i, we might not ever get to see it. So will the feds investigation provide any answers about the allegations surrounding Brett Kavanaugh or just more questions . Well have a great team here to help break all of it down. But first, i want to expla plp you. Overnight, the fbi delivered its additional background work on judge kavanaugh to capitol hill. Several senators are allowed to view it starting this morning. Chuck grassley went first about an hour ago. Dianne feinstein is scheduled moments from now. And republicans are next. At 10 00 a. M. And democrats will follow at 11 00. Weve been saying this al
combination of vote on friday and then a final vote on saturday. we ll be in touch over the next 24 to 48 hours. i want to dig deeper into this investigation the fbi conducted. it s a 46-page fbi report. it landed at the white house. under the cover of darkness early this morning. it was then passed to the senate and then off to a skip, a secure room, where the senators can review document. now, the report is the result of the fbi supplemental background investigation. it only lasted five days. now, sources tell nbc news that agents interviewed nine people in total, including mark judge, you see here, leyland keyser, p.j. smyth, deborah ramirez, tatim gaudette and garrett. according to reports, it also does not include the accuser or a number of others who suggested personally or who have suggested
sources briefed on the investigation tell nbc the fbi interviewed a total of nine people. we know the names of six. mark judge, leyland keyser, p.j. smyth. kim guardette and chris garrett were high school classmates of kavanaugh around the time of the alleged assault. and ramirez, accusing kavanaugh of sexual misconduct when they were students at yale. we do not know the names of the other three. a source tells nbc that the white house has concluded the interviews do not corroborate sexual misconduct allegations against kavanaugh. but one person who was not interviewed was dr. ford herself. last night, her attorneys released a statement saying we are profoundly disappointed that after the tremendous sacrifice dr. ford made coming forward, those directing the fbi investigation were not interested in seeking the truth. nbc has learned that the white house felt there was no need to interview ford. because it got all the information it needed from the
of kavanaugh s that ford identified as being at the party when she was allegedly assaulted. the third person is leyland keyser, professor ford s friend, who also is alleged to have been at the house when the assault took place. all right, senate judiciary committee, democrats, want kavanaugh and ford interviewed, along with four other boys identified on kavanaugh s calendar being at that july 1st gathering with kavanaugh, smyth and judge. also the man who administer professor ford s polygraph, as well as ford s husband, and her three friends, all of whom signed declarations that she discussed this assault with them between 2012 and 2017, well before kavanaugh s nomination. as for the allegation from his freshman year at college, the white house director only wanted to interview the accuser, deborah ramirez. but democrats are also urging