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Sexually predacious repeat. it isnt a one-off occurrence. and theres no other evidence of that with judge kavanaugh. maybe something else will come up, but theres been an awful lot of attempts to smoke that kind of thing out, and it hasnt come out. thats item number one. item number two is the only other person in the room flatly denies that it happened. so so far, the only person with corroboration that is specific to the incident in question is judge kavanaugh. even the therapist notes dont id...

Mechanism to review accusations of misconduct. that is the office of nrmt general. that would be one avenue. the other is that congress could review these documents in camera, which theyve already done. there are ways you dont need to spill it out to the public, which they dont really understand how to evaluate these things. and you know, this kind of misinformation from ken doesnt help either. >> asha, youre a former fbi special agent, yes? yes? >> whoa, whoa, whoa misinformation -- >> you just...

Around that happens, to use the last segment, chris example, i think, was quite correct, about the political problems of reviewing kavanaugh information. we have similar problems in this arena, but the reason we have those problems is it was done around an example related to trump. this fisa warrant, you focused on page, was it used for criminal purposes? yes, indeed, it was. page was an avenue into the trump campaign. and we still have a special counsel who was appointed with no criminal predic...

All right. so kavanaughs a big story, but so is this. and its not getting attention, because, look, lets be honest. sometimes the media all runs in one direction, but weve got to catch things when they matter and we have one tonight. president trump has ordered the declassification of several documents related to the russia investigation. it includes parts of the fisa applications on carter page and reports connected there, too. cuomos court back in section. asha rangappa and ken cuccinelli, ful...

Listen. >> obviously, if judge kavanaugh has lied about what happened, that would be disqualifying. >> and the reason the senator said "obviously" is because it is obvious. the problem is, its equally obvious that its so unlikely to be proven. so how do we judge this allegation from dr. ford? lets bring in aisha rangappa and ken cuccinelli. good to have you both. lets deal with that issue and then i want to get to how the politicians are dealing with this. aisha, she said it happened, he said it...

Disclosure, why you disclose as a leader is different than why a journalist wants it disclosed as a member of the media. asha, do you like this move? why or why not? >> i dont like this move. and first to your first point, chris, about disclosure and transparency. i think thats absolutely essential in a democracy. thats how we keep our government accountable. however, this is an ongoing investigation. it is important to understand that. even though this particular fisa surveillance may be over, ...

>> and the reason the senator said "obviously" is because it is obvious. the problem is, its equally obvious that its so unlikely to be proven. so how do we judge this allegation from dr. ford? lets bring in aisha rangappa and ken cuccinelli. good to have you both. lets get to that issue and then i want to talk about how the politicians are dealing with this. aisha, she said it happened, he said it didnt. she said/he said is nothing unusual in the law. how do we assess in a court of public opini...

You -- and i ran into this as an attorney general, as well -- is predators, people who are sexually predacious repeat. it isnt a one-off occurrence. and theres no other evidence of that with judge kavanaugh. maybe something else will come up, but theres been an awful lot of attempts to smoke that kind of thing out, and it hasnt shown up. thats item number one. item number two is the only other person in the room flatly denies that it happened. so so far, the only person with corroboration that i...

Because i dont trust anybody to tell me the truth, other than what i can discern with my own eyes and give it to the audience. >> amen. >> so given that i like disclosure, why you disclose as a leader is different than why a journalist wants it disclosed as a member of the media. asha, do you like this move? why or why not? >> i dont like this move. and first to your first point, chris, about disclosure and transparency. i think thats absolutely essential in a democracy. thats how we keep our go...

Prevent has actually happened. no, i actually teach this, thank you. that is what the wall -- >> those who cant teach. >> -- and lastly, there is a mechanism to review allegations of misconduct. that is the office of inspector general. that would be one avenue. the other is that congress could review these documents in camera, which theyve already done. there are ways you dont need to spill it out to the public, which they dont really understand how to evaluate these things. and you know, this k...