Believes president s can be indicted, not just indicted, can be put on trial while they are in office, and thats why hes so strongly recommending to congress that they pass a bill that prevents that. He says the indictment and trial of a sitting president , moreover, would cripple the federal government, rend dering it unable to function with credibility in either the international or domestic arenas. He does not say the indictment and trial of a sitting president is prohibited by the constitution. He says heres what would happen if you did that. Right. And that highlights brett cavanaughs role as a political actor, as the lead author of the ken starr report. He was a lawyer who was involved on the bush side in the bush v. Gore recount issue. He was involved in all sorts of partisan republican fights over the years. And, therefore, crgrappling wit these issues of president ial accountability. The issue is when you are getting named to the Supreme Court and there is no Supreme Court pre
We have fox team coverage. Jillian turner is covering the protests rocking Senate Offices as we speak. But we begin with mike emanuel. Hes on capitol hill. Hows it going up there, mike . Reporter good afternoon. Very tense. 5149, it is very close. One of those key swing senators who voted yes earlier told reporters he intends to vote yes on confirmation, too. Do you plan to vote yes tomorrow . [ inaudible ] anyway, im glad we have the process. What did you think of murkowski voting no . I admire her. A lot. A lot. Everybody has to make their own decision. I think the world of her. Reporter other critical swing voters, republican Susan Collins of main and joe manchin of west virginia. They both spent a lot of time reviewing the fbi supplemental report on the allegations against judge kavanaugh. Collins is due to speak next hour about how she intends to vote tomorrow. We expect a paper statement at some point from senator manchin. Alaska republican Lisa Murkowski joined with democrats in
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very same standard. dana: kristin fischer is on capitol hill. kristen? reporter: senate majority leader chuck shumer excuse me. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell, he is already a master at getting conservative judges confirmed. right now he has a perfect track record 26 for 26 in terms of confirming president trump appeals court nominees. last year he easily got neil gorsuch to a seat on the supreme court. year before he kept a liberal judge off it, judge garland. this time what he s been doing with judge kavanaugh, he s been taking that delay and putting it in reverse. that s infuriated senators like chuck shumer. from the man who single handedly delayed the filling of justice scalia s seat for ten months to complain about a one-week delay to get the truth.