shot a much bigger hole in something far more important. joe manchin was silent on due process. the rights of the accused and whether you are innocent until proven guilty. steve, it shows you the pressure these senators are under. a ton of pressure on this vote. especially joe manchin and the other three. for sure. by the way, i think it s wrong for us to pretend somehow that the court is above politics. that s just not the reality of the history of the court or the court at present. ruth bader ginsburg for instance called our president a fake. that was an exact quote from her, a sitting justice. and she apologized within less than 24 hours. extreme partisan okay. and brett kavanaugh, by the way, apologized to senator klobuchar for the comments he made at the actual hearing but he didn t apologize for what he said. he didn t yes, he did in the hearing. yes, he did i m not talking about that.
proven guilty. steve, it shows you the pressure she is senators are under, a ton of pressure on this vote especially joe manchin and the other three. for sure. i think it s wrong for us to pretend somehow that the court is bob politics. that s just not the reality of the history of the court or the court at present. ruth bader ginsburg for instance called our president a fake. that was an exact quote from her, a sitting justice. we see former justice zeempbs come out and get extremely partisan. and brett kavanaugh apologized to senator klobuchar for the comments he made at the hearing and he has further explained. he didn t apologize. yes, he did in the hearing. yes, he did. i m not talking about that. he said i m sorry. he did not apologize for anything that he wrote in this op-ed. he just said he gave reasons for why he was emotional. there was no apology that said i m sorry for saying these things. there was an apology at the
federal judge willfully said something he knew to be untrue in terms of drinking, and the additional thing you have to say is that it s material. it s important. it s not just a small side issue. because at the core of the allegations around his violent behavior, his potentially criminal behavior, is drinking, i would argue that drinking becomes a material fact. none of this has to do with whether or not he is ultimately prosecuted for the crime of perjury, but it has everything to do with whether or not a federal judge, which he is, violated the judicial code of ethics. which is also extremely important if we re talking about whether he becomes a sitting supreme court justice. it is central to our rule of law that the folks who are administering it, making decisions about it are above rapproch, that we have what we call nothing but integrity, core principles in that assessment of ethics. those questions alone are disqualifying for whether or not he becomes a sitting justice. and that
principles in that assessment of ethics. those questions alone are disqualifying for whether or not he becomes a sitting justice. and that has nothing to do with idealogy. two things for viewers to remember, a lot of talk about this being about a supreme court seat for life. he s already a federal judge. he has been appointed for life. another interesting thing to remember is the president s sister is a senior federal judge. and i ve wondered throughout this if that dynamic will affect it at all. julia ainsley, you get the last word. what are you looking for next? it s going to be this timeline, brian. we re reporting this could wrap up as early as tonight, perhaps tomorrow. that s all within the senate s timeline because they want to get that vote by the end of the week. mitch mcconnell said that. it s unclear if he could get an initial vote and get a final vote over the weekend or next
whether or not he becomes a sitting justice. and that has nothing to do with idealogy. two things for viewers to remember, a lot of talk about this being about a supreme court seat for life. he s already a federal judge. he has been appointed for life. another interesting thing to remember is the president s sister is a senior federal judge. and i ve wondered throughout this if that dynamic will affect it at all. julia ainsley, you get the last word. what are you looking for next? it s going to be this timeline, brian. we re reporting this could wrap up as early as tonight, possibly tomorrow. that s all within the senate s timeline because they want to get that vote by the end of the week. mitch mcconnell said that. it s unclear if he could get a cloture vote by the end of the week and then move on to the final vote over the weekend or the middle of next week. but this is being sped through at rocket pace. there are former fbi people who have come on air and said, a week seemed lik