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Wont launch any kind of criminal probe. theres no suggestion that a federal crime was committed and unless it constituted a felony sexual assault, the statute of limitations in the state of maryland has long run out. the fbi has had a role in the case, including the letter that dianne feinstein passed to the fbi in kavanaugh ive background file. any request would have to come from the white house as he was leaving for the carolinas this morning, mr. president suggested that he doesnt have any ap...

Judge kavanaugh and his nomination, should there be an fbi investigation before this hearing on monday and should other people also be testifying at this hearing? >> well, wii think the demands r an fbi investigation dont make a lot of sense to me. in my understanding, the fbi have said, were not going to do any other investigation. they have added it to his background file. they say, there is no crime here. i think what were seeing is a pattern of attempted delay by the democrats that really st...

At this hearing? >> well, i think the demands for an fbi investigation dont make a lot of sense to me. in my understanding, the fbi has said were not going to do any other investigation. they have added it to his background file. they say, there is no crime here. i think what were seeing is a pattern of attempted delay by the democrats that really started since before judge kavanaugh was even nominated. and every time something else has come up, theyve said, thats the reason to delay. should she...

And so, number one, we now have another week in which more reporting will be done on this story and during which christine blasey ford will presumably continue to bear the slings and arrows that are now being flung at her from the right for having come forward with this accusation. number two, this means that the vote that was due to take place on thursday of this week on kavanaughs nomination, that will now not take place on thursday of this week. but number three, theres now a live issue conce...

Reporting will be done on this story and during which christine blasey ford will presumably continue to bear the slings and arrows that are now being flung at her from the right for having come forward with this accusation. number two, this means that the vote that was due to take place on thursday of this week on kavanaughs nomination, that will now not take place on thursday of this week. but number three, theres now a live issue concerning the fbi. senator feinstein you will remember referred...

Womans letter with the accusation in judge kavanaughs background file, but all 10 democrats on the judiciary committee on the nomination and they say they want an fbi investigation before the panel even moves forward. we are waiting to hear more from the fbi, but typically they dont comment on investigations even if there was one here. >> thanks for the update. the white house meanwhile is defending brett kavanaugh and officials tell cnn president trump is upset and annoyed. our senior correspon...

Report from join mayer and ronan farrow at the "new yorker," detailing the nature of the complaint contained in the letter that was forwarded to the fbi about brett kavanaugh from senator feinstein this week. the allegations in that letter concern an incident when brett kavanaugh was in high school. brett kavanaugh has denied the allegations, telling the "new yorker," quote, i categorically and unequivocally deny this allegation. i did not do this back in high school or at any time. i classmate ...

Phone call. today we got this report from the new yorker detailing the nature of the complaint contained in the letter that was forwarded to the fbi about bret kavanagh from senator dianne feinstein this week. the allegations in that letter concern an incident when bret kavanagh was in high school. hes denied the allegations saying i did not do this in high school or tnt. a class might was also mentioned in the letter. hes been tracked down. the classmate denies the allegations. the letter conta...

The fbi has since received it from feinstein and added the letter containing these allegations to kavanaughs background file at the white house house. that means the white house and 100 u.s. senators now have access to the letter, in person if they want to see it. although the accusers name, the womans name in the letter is itself redacted. chuck grassly says he has not read the letter even though hes one of the ones that has access to it. if they vote him out on party lines that would mean he g...

She says kavanaugh pushed her into a bedroom and along with another male, kavanaugh locked the door, played loud music which the accuser says precluded her from being heard when she yelled for help. she says both men were drunk and says kavanaugh allegedly tried to take off her clothes and allegedly had his hand over her mouth. at one point because of this, the accuser said she feared for her life but was finally able to leave the room and eventually left the party. theres no indication the woma...