Again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. Day 622 of the Trump Administration. As we said, the breaking news were going to begin with tonight happened just over an hour ago on the floor of the u. S. Senate. This evening the senate will receive the results of the fbi supplemental Background Investigation of judge Brett Kavanaugh. So im filing cloture on judge kavanaughs nomination this evening so the process can move forward. The Senate Stands adjourned until 11 00 a. M. Tomorrow. Thats all senate talk, of course. It means the key procedural vote on kavanaugh can begin one hour after the senate convenes friday. It means we can have a full and final senate vote by this weekend. Before that members of the Senate Judiciary committee will get their first look at the fbis new Background Investigation into Brett Kavanaugh. Nbc news has confirmed chairman grassley will be the first one allowed to review the findings at 8 00 a. M. Eastern. Then Ranking Member senator Dianne Feinste
Next round . Answer the question. Im happy to describe them if you wanted me to and im happy to not. Whatever you want. Maybe this will cut to the chase. My question is was there anything else that was sexually inappropriate, any inappropriate sexual behavior on the part of mr. Kavanaugh towards you at any of these other functions . No. Senator harris. Dr. Ford, you know you are not on trial. You are not on trial. You are sitting here before members of the United States Senate Judiciary committee because you have the courage to come forward. Because as you have said, you believe it was your civic duty. I was struck in your testimony by what you indicated as your intention when you first let anyone associated with these hearings know about it. What you basically said is, you reached out to your representative in the United States congress hoping that person would inform the white house before judge kavanaugh had been named. Thats extremely persuasive about your motivation for coming for
Allegations were referred to the fbi on september 12th, over two weeks ago. If the president and the republican majority had asked for the fbi to do an investigation at that time, like we asked, it would likely be finished by now. And most importantly, when judge kavanaugh has talked to republicans repeatedly, none of us have spoken to or questioned mark judge, patrick smyth, leland keyser, or the polygraph examiner. None of us have talked to or questioned james roach, lynn brooks, liz swisher, tom cane, or chris dudley. Not one senator, as far as i know, has had the opportunity to or question Deborah Ramirez or julie swetnick. My colleagues are right that we should not rush to judgment, and its not fair to assume judge kavanaugh is guilty without gathering the information. But its equally unfair to have heard from a credible, poised, and brave witness and simply ignore what we heard and move forward immediately. I dont know Deborah Ramirez. I dont know whether her allegations are cred
Again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. Day 622 of the Trump Administration. As we said, the breaking news were going to begin with tonight happened just over an hour ago on the floor of the u. S. Senate. This evening the senate will receive the results of the fbi supplemental Background Investigation of judge Brett Kavanaugh. So im filing cloture on judge kavanaughs nomination this evening so the process can move forward. The Senate Stands adjourned until 11 00 a. M. Tomorrow. Thats all senate talk, of course. It means the key procedural vote on kavanaugh can begin one hour after the senate convenes friday. It means we can have a full and final senate vote by this weekend. Before that members of the Senate Judiciary committee will get their first look at the fbis new Background Investigation into Brett Kavanaugh. Nbc news has confirmed chairman grassley will be the first one allowed to review the findings at 8 00 a. M. Eastern. Then Ranking Member senator Dianne Feinste
No closer to calming the controversy on this Supreme Court nominee. Protesters gathering in the Nations Capital right now. With the fbi report done, the vote for kavanaughs nomination appears to be on track to happen this weekend. However, as to whether we are closer to knowing if the man who may be the next Supreme Court justice committed Sexual Assault as a teenager, the answer remains as mired in partisanship as ever. The fact is, these allegations have not been corroborated. None of these allegations have been corroborated in the seven investigations. Not in the new fbi investigation, not anywhere. The most notable part of this report is whats not in it. It looks to be the product of an incomplete investigation that was limited, perhaps by the white house, i dont know. Now all eyes are on these five possible swing votes and what they view the fbi found. Both republicans susan kcollins and jeff flake say the report looks, quote, thorough. Theres just a single copy of this fbi report