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Him and his statements to determine whether he is telling the truth? >> in mark judges case, ana, he has written a book about his time in high school and his pattern of drinking and the issues that that raised for him. so in some ways they already have an account of his time in high school. i think that would be one way to kind of test and look at what the culture was. they will obviously ask about this specific incident. but again, when they take the interviews theyre going to document them on ...

You will never get my to quit. i have never done this to her or to anyone. thats not who i am, it is not who i was. i am innocent of this charge. paul: dramatic day of testimony thursday from both supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh and accuser christine blasey ford. lets bring in wall street journal columnist and deputy editor dan henninger and columnist mariana ogrady and kim strassel who was at the hearing thursday. kim, lets start with you, you were there. what conclusions at the end of th...

Know how many fbi agents would be tasked with this, how big a scope they have, who they plan on talking to. >> look, this all sounds really good, you know. oh, well, well just give them a week and then were going to go vote. we dont know whats going to happen. and if you think that you saw a big change based on powerful testimony on one day, wait until these fbi agents come back with whatever they find. there could be a vote on tuesday, or there could never be a vote at all. so everybody can go ...

Investigation in which law enforcement could use the full extent of its legal powers. joining our discussion now, mimi roca, a former assistant district attorney in new york and a former msnbc analyst. >> i think there were four categories right off the back the fbi is probably going to focus on with respect to the ford allegation. the first is mark judge. a probing interview needs to be conducted of mark judge. i think kavanaugh said during hearing fbi agents dont draw conclusions, yes. but the...

Has plenty resources, for all of these things simultaneously, collect all the evidence, which includes in my view, they should take the calendar and have it dated to see where these notations on the calendar are last week or if they are done many years ago.it is one aspect. it is not by adding more duties do you add crime.the fbi has tons of agents, tons of analysts, they can do all the simultaneously. i think the concern will last long, -- >> the fbi will not come to any conclusions as he said....

What do you like to drink? >> next one, judge -- >> i welcome whatever the committee wants to do because im telling the truth. >> i want to know what you want to do, judge. >> im innocent. im innocent of this charge. >> youre prepared for an fbi investigation? >> they dont reach conclusions, you reached the conclusions, senator. >> they discovery investigations. >> maya, what do you think the justices sitting on the court think about those exchanges and did those exchanges roll around in some re...

Recollection of the events but will talk to the fbi, same thing for alleged party attendee patrick jay smith, republicans keep pointing to this sound bite by then judiciary committee member joe biden during the anita hill hearings. >> fbi explicitly does not in this or any other case reach a conclusion, period. so when people wave an fbi report before you understand they do not, they do not, they do not reach conclusions. leland: to that point kavanaugh supporters are spinning this as good thing...

Can accomplish in that period of time or conclusions that e can come to in that period. what options do you have well get answers by end of week? >> i think the fbi is more than capable of taking on this job. they are, after all in the business of vetting federal judges when theyre nominated for these positions. they sometimes do that on an expedited basis. they have a lot of personnel they can surge to one particular investigation that requires attention at any moment in time. so in terms of th...

Points out, they do not make recommendations. period. they do not. they do not. they do not reach conclusions or make recommendations. >> sean: none of this matters to the democrats now. same system is in place. they obviously are not seeking the truth. equal justice, equal application of our laws. from day one, no matter what, remember, just hours after judge kavanaughs nomination was announced in july, watch the democrats. they had already made up their mind. it was just a matter of how they b...

Be tasked with this, how big a scope they have, who they plan on talking to. >> look, this all sounds really good, you know. oh, well, well just give them a week and then were going to go vote. we dont know whats going to happen. and if you think that you saw a big change based on powerful testimony on one day, wait until these fbi agents come back with whatever they find. there could be a vote on tuesday, or there could never be a vote at all. so everybody can go to bed tonight and feel like th...