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And you definitely want him to come and speak on the record under oath and say that he doesn not remember. and if he doesnt remember, why is he concerned about talking d about it? because theres nothing to talk about from his perspective. so its a bit perplexing to hear that you dont remember and you dont want to talk about it. y you just said you had nothing to talk about. so the only conclusion to draw is that theres some reason he doesnt want to speak on the record under oath and i think that...

To create an opportunity for professor ford to be heard. when it became clear she and through her attorney she was not comfortable with the process that was in motion he sent her another letter today offering her the opportunity to be heard in confidentiality, in private. so i think while the criticisms of the president are certainly valid and credible that so far i think the way that senator grassley is handling this is entirely within the constitutional process that is laid out for scotus nomi...

Offer the committee, and i do not wish to speak publicly regarding the incidents described in dr. fords letter." again, apolitically, question to you, do you subpoena his testimony? do you take no for an answer? >> you definitely subpoena his testimony because hes an identified witness. and you definitely want him to come and speak on the record under oath and say that he does not remember. and if he doesnt remember, why is he concerned about talking about it? because theres nothing to talk abou...

Witness can tell her story. and that the corroborating witnesses can also be questioned. and so that they can tell their story and its really important that we have tharansparency and accountability. we should not relive the hearings anita hill had to go through. that was a dark moment for the united states senate, one of the lowest moments of the u.s. senate. if we cant do better than we did then, thats shocking. and so we need to have a transparent and accountable hearing. that starts with an ...

People who might say, you know what, this is not for me. it really throws this entire nomination into a level of uncertainty that has not existed up until this point. >> i want to bring my panel in. my friend barry weiss, a reporter at "the new york times." joe bennett, who we havent seen in ages, a former democratic strategist for hillary clinton. and rick, oftentimes, i get excited, hey, this is about to happen. you knowing politics so well, like, hey, stef, this is a show, nothings going to c...

Resum -- vacuum. that needs to be done by comparing what theyve said over time and what the other corroborating evidence is. if i can just explain what i think some of that corroborating evidence is already for dr dr. blasey, it is, first of all, she did tell her therapist back in 2012 about this, and for people to assume that shes lying now, that would mean that back in 2012, before judge kavanaugh was even nominated to the supreme court, she somehow planted the seeds of the story for some unkn...

Participate or speak publicly. they have subpoena power. if they decide hes an important witness, they can subpoena him, ask him to testify and subpoena him to give private testimony if they want to avoid the spectacle of a public hearing. its a very interesting letter he wrote. using, "i dont recall" and "i have no memory" twice in the t letter is quite an unusual thing for an incident thats described in such vivid nature by dr. blasey ford. he is still the only, you know, corroborating witness...

Dr. ford and judge kavanaugh, but also other witnesses who should be at that hearing. there is a lesson in the anita hill experience, which is that an abbreviated and inadequate fbi investigation there lasting only two days resulted in many of the abusive questions and insensitive inqueries, and second, corroborating witnesses were not called. and we need to avoid those mistakes in this hearing, have the investigation, do the fact finding, and know what were doing. you know, as a former prosecut...

I understand they already administered a polygraph to professor ford. >> yeah, look, you could argue the fbi wouldnt conduct a criminal investigation in this case. theres no violation of federal law. vex yule assau sexual say saassault is a state crime. once a background check is closed if they get information like this, they will forward it on to the requesting agencagenc this case would be the white house. then what the agency would usual l usually do if theres concerning information thats com...

Hill experience, which is that a abbreviated and inadequate fbi investigation there lasting only two days resulted in many of the abusive questions and insensitive queries, and second, corroborating witnesses were not called. and we need to avoid those mistakes in this hearing, have the investigation, do the fact finding, and know what were doing. you know, as a former prosecutor, there is no way that i would put a crime victim on the stand without an investigation, let alone a witness before th...