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Consider to be a whistleblower, which is dr. blasey ford, risking everything to come forward and tell her story. and hes not treating her with the same accord that i saw him treat whistleblowers over the years i worked in the committee. its surprise to me because i have seen him over the years be very protective of the confidentiality or need for protection of whistleblowers who are risking their careers and privacy to come forward to inform the committee. >> lisa, i want to get your reaction ab...

Clarence thomas were investigated by the fbi. and at the time everyone thought that was a reasonable thing to do, it was the only thing to do. and the fbis investigation only took a couple of days. no one said we dont have time for an fbi investigation. and no one said that because no one would have believed it back then. it would have been like standing up in the senate and saying the earth was flat. everyone in the senate knows there is no deadline for a committee confirmation vote and there i...

Hiding? it really causes that to come into light, that, you know, as bad as anita hill was treated, that theyre doing even worse to dr. blasey ford, and the question is why. what are they hiding? >> i want to read dr. fords lawyers response to senator grassly tonight. issued a statement saying the committees stated plan to move forward a hearing that has only two witnesses is not a fair or good faith investigation. there are multiple witnesses whose names have appeared publicly and should be inc...

Do, it was the only thing to do. and the fbis investigation only took a couple of days. no one said we dont have time for an fbi investigation. and no one said that because no one would have believed it back then. it would have been like standing up in the senate and saying the earth was flat. everyone in the senate knows there is no deadline for a committee confirmation vote and there is no deadline for a confirmation vote by it full senate. chuck grassly is trying now to pretend there is some ...

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 her senate testimony than what the very same committee gave to anita hill? chuck grassly is pretending that he has given dr. ford...

Appropriate non-senate staffers. i want some people who arent affiliated with the senate to look into this matter because i think thats the only way we even have the slightest chance anyway of getting to the baultm of it. >> and voice swrans, today, chuck grassly saying no, no, no the republican committee staffers are the best investigators for this. >> well, he certainly made the right case for it way back when. theres no doubt that the fbi, the professionals conducting background investigation...

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 between us have read hundreds of fbi files. we know this is not how the process works. the american people are being lied to by senator...

Now, when these two old men of the senate, orin hatch and chuck grassly, lie to us now they lie as if they dont know that the video still exists. they lie as if they dont know theres a congressional record of every word theyve ever spoken on the committee floor. they believed an investigation that only lasted a few days was the appropriate thing to do in response to anita hills accusations. and now theyre saying theres no reason to do that before hearing dr. fords testimony. this means its being...

Dr. blasey ford, and the question is why. what are they hiding? >> i want to read dr. fords lawyers response to senator grassly tonight. issued a statement saying the committees stated plan to move forward a hearing that has only two witnesses is not a fair or good faith investigation. there are multiple witnesses whose names have appeared publicly and should be included in proceeding. the rush to a hearing is unnecessary and contrary to a committee discovering is truth. and lisa, as christine j...

Have essentially become fugitives trying to avoid the glare of this story and the death threats that come with it. and she wants what anita hill got. she wants an fbi investigation. she wants a basic decent approach to this subject first by the fbi. chuck grassly wont do that. chuck grassly says no fbi investigation. and the only possible time on the calender that exists for this is monday at 10:00 a.m. no other time is possible. and in his bullying letter today to dr. fords letters chuck grassl...