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if confirmed by the senate, i will keep an open mind in every case and i will always strive to preserve the constitution of the united states and the american rule of law. so kavanaugh is a graduate of yale law school and clerked for justice kennedy. in 1993 he met ken starr during a justice department fellowship and became a key staff member when starr was the independent counsel investigating the white water and clinton/lieu ensky scandals. kavanaugh helped write the final report to congress that laid out 11 possible grounds for impeaching president bill clinton. he served as george w. bush s white house counsel and staff secretary before he was nominated to be a federal judge in 2006. he was confirmed at that time by a vote of 57-36. now, brett kavanaugh s nomination sets up an extremely consequential confirmation battle. within minutes of trump s announcement, several top democrats voicing their intention to vote against him. senate minority leader chuck schumer put out ....
Former GOP representative Joe Scarborough and Mika Brezinski interview newsmakers, politicians and pundits about the issues of the day. Former GOP representative Joe Scarborough and Mika Brezinski interview newsmakers, politicians and pundits about the issues of the day. days before according to the leak, he says there was a meeting with donald junior, with jared kushner, with paul manafort, with yates and possibly two others in which they, out of the presence of the president discussed the meeting with the russians. we checked with their lawyers. the ones we could check with which was four of the six. that meeting never, ever took place. it didn t happen. there s no second meeting here? it s highly unlikely. i always have to leave the option open as a lawyer. in case they come across something that startles us or feels some of the things we feel are important. what s he saying? what s he saying? run that clip again. i actually, the words. try and listen to exact ....
haystack. did the issue of adoption, it s near and dear to my heart because i have two adopt edisons. did that come up? yes. in the meeting? like i said, it was the primary thing we had spoken about in the meeting. you know, that s not the premise that got them in the room, and then they started it was essentially a bait-and-switch to talk about that, and everyone has basically said that in testimony already. so this is nothing new, but, you know, like i said, i m now understanding it is an important issue to you and near and dear to many people s hearts, but this was nothing that was a campaign issue to us. this wasn t relevant to us, and it wasn t something we were going to do anything with. except that s not what the president said over the weekend. trump jr. was not pushed to explain the shifting explanations behind the story. meanwhile, vanity fair has reporting on former communications director hope hicks reappearance at the president s side over the weekend ....
Former GOP representative Joe Scarborough and Mika Brezinski interview newsmakers, politicians and pundits about the issues of the day. Former GOP representative Joe Scarborough and Mika Brezinski interview newsmakers, politicians and pundits about the issues of the day. disapprove. the numbers are shifting for the president? talked about it for a long time. a bit of narrow casting. but this is about as narrow casting as it gets. willie, all i can say for donald trump and republicans who are hoping, like a special election in ohio tonight, the republicans hoping that he s somehow going to get them over the finish line, even in strongly republican districts lie this ohio 12. they better hope that their small slice of the electorate comes out, because, i mean, donald trump is sacrificing just about every other group in america for this one group of white, non-college educated voters that, again, just there just aren t enough to get him over the top or to get his candidat ....
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