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Dr. ford says brett kavanaugh sexually assaulted her, tried to rape her, she believes. brett kavanaugh says nothing like that ever happened. one of them, one of those two people wants the fbi to investigate and the other one doesnt. why isnt brett kavanaugh demanding an fbi investigation? why? why not? why doesnt brett kavanaugh want to submit to the best professional investigators we have, and why does dr. ford want to submit to an investigation by the fbi? why does she want to do that? and why...

>> when the chairman of the judiciary committee and when the ranking member of the judiciary committee learned of these allegations the fbi was immediately ordered to conduct an investigation. that investigation was completed before the senate judiciary committee voted on friday, september 27, 1991. >> chuck grassly. when the chairman of the judiciary committee, when ranking member of the judiciary committee learned of anita hills accusations the fbi was immediately ordered to conduct an investi...

That is exactly what was done when the judiciary committee learned about anita hills acswra accusations against clarence thomas. the republicans on the senate judiciary committee and all of the republicans in the senate, all of them, every one of them, every single one of them is now lying about not needing an fbi investigation. that is a lie that every single republican in the united states senate has now agreed to tell. why should dr. ford accept worse conditions issued to her with malice for ...

Immediately ordered to conduct an investigation. that investigation was completed before the senate judiciary committee voted on friday, september 27, 1991. >> chuck grassly. when the chairman of the judiciary committee, when ranking member of the judiciary committee learned of anita hills accusations the fbi was immediately ordered to conduct an investigation. and chuck grassly thought that was exactly the right thing to do back when he was a junior member of the judiciary committee. orin hatch...

But i am sorry to say chuck grassly has stayed in the senate way too long. listen. listen to this. listen to the very first words that chuck grassly, the chairman of the judiciary committee spoke today when he was asked why he opposed an fbi investigation this time. >> just so you guys and gals all understand -- maybe i better say men and women. >> yes, senator grassly, its 2018. we call them women now. joining our discussion now is christine, the executive vice president of the leadership confe...

What i found surprising this week is you had chairman grassly announce that she was coming when we now know that there was no agreement, there was no back and forth discussion with her to accommodate this survivor of sexual assault. so it just seems like a completely different process than lisa or i were involved in when we worked on the committee. and one other point id like to make. you mentioned your experience, lawrence, when senator grassly was on the finance committee when you were there. ...

And christine, thank you very much for joining us tonight. lisa has been with us before, and it is just the time when we need the expertise of former staffers on the senate judiciary committee to guide us through where we are now. and i want to get your reaction to the republicans on this committee all now including jeff flake who seem to be sounding reasonable earlier in the week holding onto this position theres absolutely no time for an fbi investigation. >> lawrence, i think youre right. i t...

Way she has handled herself this week and dealt with this committee -- her very first week of public life in america. but heres what we dont know. how stupid is the american news media? this is one of those times we have to ask that question. and i dont mean fox news. i mean reporters and media organizations who should know better. how many of them will stick their m microphones out there an let him tell any lie? they cant rush to the building and tell those senators how they people. it is the w...

From it was dont even be as fair to the witness as we were to anita hill. >> well, its really shocking as christine said and as youve pointed out, theyve concocted some idea that its unprecedented to seek fbi, a follow-on set of work by the fbi, supplemental investigation to examine this when their own words reveal how false those statements are. and the department of justice is complicit in echoing them, that this is somehow outside the purview of the background investigation. christine and i b...

Counsel for nominations for the ranking member of the senate judiciary committee on the democratic side. she was deputy assistant attorney general in the department of justice. and christine, thank you very much for joining us tonight. lisa has been with us before, and it is just the time when we need the expertise of former staffers on the senate judiciary committee to guide us through where we are now. and i want to get your reaction to the republicans on this committee all now including jeff ...