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Calling for delay, saying the judiciary panel should not vote on him until "all the information is before the committee. there is no idea what they will find. the fbi is the appropriate agency and that is where it was referred." they say theyre not opening a criminal investigation but they are making part of the file that the white house will consider. should there be a delay? >> it is my understanding that then goes to senator grassley and it will be up to him what happens next. i think that ba...

What i would like to understand better is how weird is this and what happens now. joining us now to help us with that is the former assistant director for counter intelligence at the fbi. now the chief operating officer for ets risk management. thank you for being with us tonight. much appreciated. >> thank you, rachel. >> so the fbi does background checks on judicial nominees. fbi says tonight when they got this information on judge kavanaugh from the senator, they handed that information over ...

Feinsteins office. "the new york times" reports that last night senator feinstein told fellow democrats on the judiciary committee about the existence of this letter and its contents, though she didnt actually share the letter. "the times" reports that several of these democratic senators that feinstein spoke with advised her that she needed to take these claims to the fbi. and now she has done so. the fbi for its part says yes, they received this information and they say they have forwarded it ...

Letter to fbi saying i have received information from an individual containing information of brett kavanaugh to supreme court. that individual strongly requested confidentiality, declined to come forward or press the matter forward. i have, however, referred the matter to federal investigative authorities. the fbi confirmed it received the information, saying in a statement we included it as part of judge kavanaughs background file as per the standard process. two sources familiar with the matt...

The nominee that she has now referred to the fbi. now, i should tell you there is some anonymous source reporting out there tonight, including recently from nbc news about the supposed nature of this information about brett kavanaugh and why senator feinstein may have concluded that it was a matter for the fbi. but whatever the information that feinstein has handed over to the fbi we have not seen it. and "the washington post" is reporting that whatever the allegation is, the fbi has now notifie...

Spector of new information about him. the fbi has not opened an investigation but added the litter li letter to his background file. thank you both for being with us. let me the start with you in terms of this is very cryptic here. it sounds explosive but we dont know. what are the odds of finding out more about this? >> the letter is not public. lets make it clear. the allegations havent been substantiated publicly. its difficult to reveal much information about what is in this letter. our sour...

The fbi tells fox they receive the information last night and included it as part of judge kavanaughs background file which is the standard process. the administration officials note that not until the eve of his confirmation has feinstein or anyone else raise the specter of anyone else about him. "the new york times" report these allegations report back to when kavanaugh was in high school. they are calling this an 11th hour attempt of character assassination and they will delayed a vote until ...

"the new york times" is reporting the matter involves possible sexual misconduct between kavanaugh and a female when the judge was in high school. senator feinstein learned about the claim this summer and is now sending it to investigators. the fbi says it will be included in the information in kavanaughs background file. unclear if theyll take further action. john cornyn, the number of two republican in the senate and member of the just dairy committee saying, "let me get this straight, this is...

They had information much, much earlier than they have conceded. >> yeah. it means as far back as march and most certainly in july, the white house had a full background file on rob porter and they closed their investigation -- they closed their file in january. that is wildly inconsistent with the information that the white house press office gave to the news media and to the american public. we heard press secretary sarah sanders say yesterday, this was out of the white houses hands. we were l...

Chance to delve into his background file. its not appropriate for me to comment on his suitability at being a police officer. what i will say, though, is that its clear -- and i think the prosecutor made the right call -- that he had egregious error in judgment and that his conduct was way out of line from what you would expect of a professional police officer. >> as you were watching these videotapes from various body cameras, were you horrified? what went through your mind? >> yes, i was. when...