Allegations. fortunately some members on his side of the aisle didn t want to plow right through. they didn t want to delay unnecessarily one week. give me a break. compared to 10 months? leaving the scalia seat open? who are we kidding? who are we kidding? who is making this a political argument? let s ask. and one final point, leader kept accusing the people who came forward of political smear campaigns. of being in the mud. i want to ask the leader to answer a direct question, does he believe or not believe dr. ford? yes or no? i happen to believe her. he refuses to answer that one way or the other because he knows that for dr. ford had tremendous credibility. instead he calls her names. he uses it as democrats but she came forward on her own and by the way, one of the first things she did was call the washington post and spoke to
Because it is unfair to him at this point. what his wife is going through, what his beautiful children are going through is not describable. sandra: chris stirewalt and kristen fisher. kevin cork is live at the house. dr. ford has yet to be contacted by the f.b.i. as it s important to point out usually the principal is typically among the last to be contacted. this is just an inquiry, this is not a full-scale investigation. although there are a number of democrats calling for a more full look at the allegations. now, that said, it is still anyone s guess in what direction or to what extent this inquiry goes as far as the f.b.i. s latest supplemental background investigation into judge brett kavanaugh is. this is important.
Speech by mitch mcconnell laying out the context for all of this. one of the key points he made is about the accuser, ms. swetnick who claimed there were gang rapes. she went on another network yesterday and totally changed her story in a number of huge, meaningful ways. and mcconnell pointed out yet everybody is giving her a chance for her to speak. and she did. bill: red solo cups doing what? she said she was aware of them spiking the punch. now she says they were near the punch. she said there were gang rapes at the party. maybe there were and he was there and maybe he did it but i m not sure. bill: mcconnell s point it was entered into the record by senator feinstein and before the hearing with dr. ford on thursday on wednesday this avenatti bomb gets dropped and the democrats reacted with an official letter calling kavanaugh to withdraw based on
The white house still expects a report delivered by the end of the week. i mention this is the seventh background probe for judge kavanaugh. the president wants the bureau to do the job thoroughly as long as they do it quickly. president trump: i want them to do a very comprehensive investigation. whatever that means according to the senators and the republicans and the republican majority. not a bad thing. i think it s a good thing. with that being said i would like it to go quickly. the f.b.i. should interview anybody that they want within reason. but you have to say within reason. they should interview but they should also be guided i m being guided, by what the senators are looking for. we re all familiar with the three people who have been named as those who have made allegations against brett kavanaugh. you see dr. kristin ford there yet to be contacted.
And second, he blames democrats for these delays. well, as the leader well knows, democrats are not in charge. we can t set the calendar. these things have been delayed because people on his side of the aisle who had sincere concerns about having a fair process said they won t go forward unless the process is made fairer. even the initial hearing where dr. ford and judge kavanaugh testified was because a member of judiciary committee on the republican side didn t want to go forward until he heard from them. nothing to do with democrats. did we agree that that happen? of course. so did most people who are fair minded. but it wasn t caused by us. and then this f.b.i. reopening of the f.b.i. investigation into these new allegations. background check investigation.