too. one of the differences, even if you put out a sworn statement, i think in mark judge s case it was through his attorney so it s tricky in terms of whether or not that s a sworn statement that has the same penalty of a felony. when you sit across from the fbi you have to tell them the truth or it s a crime. not a problem for you? not a problem for me. i believe in the truth. liz swisher, thank you very much for taking this opportunity. i know it is not a conversation that you ve been dying to have, but it matters to the country. it matters right now, thank you. thank you, chris. all right. so this fbi probe, who is it good for? i think it s good for everybody, and that s not just sol pollyanna optimism. if they look and corroborate, you need to know that matters, right? that would be good for whoever s accusation that is. if they can t corroborate this is good for the judge. if it s not legitimate why should he have a stain over his
committee delaying kavanaugh s floor vote and the president ordering the fbi to do a supplemental investigation of the allegations surrounding judge kavanaugh, whatever that means, does the gop really care about the allegations against him, or are they just buying enough time to get the votes to confirm him? that is a distinction with a difference. but let s take it up with our great debaters. good to have you both on a friday night. mcintosh, i start with you. what do you think this is about? is it bona fides, is everybody in good faith here or is this just delay by the gop to get the votes together? i have a very hard time believing most republicans are operating in good faith considering how the process has gone thus far, but i don t want to take it completely out of the realm of credibility. i think what happened yesterday the second dr. ford stopped her opening statement and women started pouring out their stories, i mean, the c-span
obviously a discussion between grassley and feinstein and ray and i suppose other stake holders to find out how long the fbi would need. the other question you should ask is if the fbi comes back the information weallredy know from the testimony and just public knowledge in general, if they say there s no more there there, are there going to be any democrats that change their mind and actually vote for kavanaugh other than those moderate democrats fair point. i think answer is no. but it s okay because they weren t going to vote yes anyway because of his jurisprudence. you ve got to be clear on the basis of their no. so when we get to next week, i believe this helps the judge as much as it does with the
if he said i would have stayed on the sidelines if he said i drank to excess in high school. i drank to excess in college. i did some stupid things, but i never sexually assaulted anybody. that i would have stayed on the sidelines for. but to lie under oath, to lie about that, then what else is true? to blur, to not know the difference between truth and lies is terrible. it s not about women versus men, democrats versus republicans, it s about the integrity of the supreme court. now i m not asking you about what ramirez alleges. you weren t present. you hadn t heard about it. let me ask you something, are you willing to talk to the fbi? i m willing to talk to the fbi yes. that s a scary proposition,
republicans have finally granted democrats their wish. well, kind of. they wanted to have more review, more witnesses in front of them. but now at least the fbi will take a look. it s called a supplemental background investigation. what does it mean? we re not exactly sure but it s a hell of a lot different place than we were just 24 hours ago. watch this. 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. none of us have talked to or questioned james roach, lin brooks, liz swigser, tom cane or chris dudley. onow two points for that clip. one, they were talking about this is a done deal. this prauocess has been maligna