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For them to follow the leads that they get, is noteworthy. however, i was also told a short while ago, that as part of the conversations that launched this investigation on friday, flake was one of those participants, of course, that mitch mcconnell told the white house that what those key republican senators wanted to be investigated were these credible claims, but specifically, to interview four people. to interview mark judge, leland k keyser, p.j. smyth, and debora ramirez, another woman who says that she at yale college university, sorry, says that she has another allegation against him. and that s it. so the question is, how quickly are those conversations going to go? and whether or not those interviews are going to lead the fbi to wanting to follow up with other interviews and other ....
P.j. smyth and deborah ramirez. the classmate who said that kavanaugh exposed himself to her. the president said they should re-interview dr. ford, re-brett kavanaugh. he said the fbi feels it s been severely limited. do you have information that it is that limited? owe, i m sitting here this morning telling you they are severely limited. i know they are. i know there s frustration and i know that the bureau will have to come back for every request they want to add to a very, very short list. the fbi has been handcuffed and the clock is ticking on this artificial one week deadline. ....
About who is being interviewed, who is in the, and so on. we know this renewed fbi background investigation is underway and we understand that at the very top of the list is dr. christine blasey ford. we reached out to her attorneys yesterday and we were told that she has not yet been contacted by the fbi. doesn t mean she won t be. it s just she hasn t been yet. also mark judge, the man who dr. ford puts in the room. he is a witness but possibly an accomplice. there is leland keyser, ford s long time friend who said she had no recollection of being at a party. then there is also p.j. smyth. he is kavanaugh s friend. then there s deborah ramirez. she is the classmate at yale who alleges that kavanaugh exposed himself to her. i am told that investigators spoke to her yesterday. and then add to all of that chad ludington. he is a yale classmate of kavanaugh s who said he often drank with him. he issued a statement yesterday ....
Done by the end of this week. the new york times was first to report on the expanded scope of the investigation, and nbc news has confirmed the development as well. from that times report, quote, the new directive came in the past 24 hours after a backlash from democrats who criticized the white house for limiting the scope of the bureau s investigation into president trump s nominee for the supreme court. the times also confirms the fbi has already completed interviews with the four witnesses its agents were originally asked to talk to. one of those, p.j. smyth, confirmed to nbc news he has fully cooperated and provided no evidence corroborating accusations against kavanaugh. the announcement followed a rose garden statement from the president who appeared to break with the white house position that all three of kavanaugh s accusers shouldn t be interviewed. so just to be clear, should the fbi interview all three of brett kavanaugh s accusers? it wouldn t bother me at all. now ....
Facts. facts, and not opinions. the fact that dr. ford identified mark judge and p.j. smyth and others as friends of kavanaugh and present at the gathering is corroborated. it is also corroborated in judge kavanaugh s own calendar as we have seen. the judge kavanaugh documented a gathering on july 1st that included p.j. smyth and mark judge and others and a reference to alcohol. and dr. ford testified that shortly after the assault, six to eight weeks in her estimation, she ran into mark judge at a local grocery store, and that he seemed uncomfortable to see her. in his book, wasted, tales of a genx drunk he described working at a grocery store in 1982. it is all consistent. there are circumstances surrounding her coming forward to this committee also support her. first, she made contact with ....