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Your position, and you appear to be, why arent you also asking the fbi to investigate these claims? >> senator, ill do whatever the committee wants. the committee investigates. its not for me to say how to do it. just so you know, the fbi doesnt reach a conclusion. >> if there is no truth to her charges, the fbi investigation will show that. are you afraid they will not. >> the fbi does not reach -- you know thats a phony question because the fbi doesnt reach conclusions. >> calling for an fbi i...

The fbi or could the fbi play in all of this catherine. >> trace, the fbi does two types of investigation, one is a criminal investigation and the other is a background check. under this scenario, they would have to get a request from the agency that puts the nomination forward so the white house or the president or the general counsel directing the fbi to reengage and conduct additional interviews with known witnesses in this particular case. the second kind of investigation is a criminal inves...

Charges, the fbi investigation will show that. are you afraid they might not? >> come on. you know thats a phony question, because the fbi doesnt reach conclusions. >> judge kavanagh, will you support an fbi investigation right now? >> i will do whatever the committee wants. >> personally do you think thats the best thing for us to do? you wont answer? >> look, senator, i -- ive said i wanted a hearing and i said i would welcome anything. im innocent. >> kavanaugh also got into it with several s...

But surely if this was a case she was considering prosecuting, she would have tried to get some kind of statement, some kind of evidence out of mark judge. >> yeah, absolutely. and you know one really telling moment i thought that concerned me was when judge kavanaugh was asked, are you going to ask for an fbi investigation. you say you want to clear your name, heres your opportunity. and he said something that he has to know is inaccurate when he said the fbi doesnt reach conclusions. that -- t...

Hearing, of all the members and the questioner could have had a fuller record to ask questions from. >> and barbel ru, apparently, rachel mitchell met with all the republican senators tonight and told them that she could not have prosecuted a case like this based on the information that she had in that hearing today. but surely if this was a case she was considering prosecuting, she would have tried to get some kind of statement, some kind of evidence out of mark judge. >> yeah, absolutely. and ...

Judge. you cant say here a at the beginning -- >> i wanted a hearing -- >> i welcome any kind of investigation. >> this thing was sprung on me at the last minute after being held by staff, you know. >> judge. >> and i called for a hearing immediately. >> if there is no truth to her charges, the fbi investigation will show that. are you afraid that they might not? >> come on. >> the fbi does not reach -- you know -- you know -- you know thats a phony question because the fbi doesnt reach conclusi...

You cant say here -- >> i wanted the hearing. >> welcome any kind of investigation and then walk away from this. >> this thing was sprung at the last minute after being held by staff. you know -- jngets, if there is -- >> i called to a hearing immediately. >> if there is no truth to her charges, the fbi investigation will show that. are you afraid that they might not? >> come on. >> the fbi does not reach -- you know that is a phony question because the fbi doesnt reach conclusions. they just pr...

Those witnesses. the fbi -- they should take a time-out right now. theres no reason this still cant be done. go interview mark judge. go interview the four people who have submitted affidavits for dr. ford. go interview the other two women who have made allegations. gather that information and then judge kavanaugh came back with, but all youll get are 302s. thats the form on which fbi reports are written. you wont get any conclusions. they dont want conclusions. they want those facts. give me th...

Murkowskis who have raised a lot of doubts about this president, almost every time they voted with him when its all fired up because they fear him. >> the judge came out swinging in his opening statement. he was emotional. he was fiery. you could see him pausing many times. he was crying. but then it really changed when dick durbin, the democratic senator, had this exchange with him followed by lindsey graham. watch this. >> if there is no truth to her charges, the fbi investigation will show th...

>> well, the difficult thing is that it -- these hearings are set and set by the majority. but im talking about getting the evidence and having the evidence looked at. and i dont understand, you know, we hear from the witnesses, but the fbi isnt interviewing them and isnt giving us any facts. so all we have -- >> youre interviewing me. youre interviewing me. youre doing it, senator. im sorry to interrupt, but youre doing it. theres no conclusions reached. >> and what youre saying, if i understan...