so this is quite possible it can go in a very different direction based on those associates of these specific incidents that are there. thank you very much. this is really informative. paul will join us in our next hour, but greg brower and clint watts, thank you very much for your time. appreciate it. coming up in our next hour, the same lindsey graham who helped block president obama s nomination of merrick garland to the supreme court two years ago is now angrily pointing fingers at the democrats for getting in the way of brett kavanaugh s confirmation. of course he is. anaugh s confirmation of course he is the new capital one savor card. earn 4% cash back on dining and 4% on entertainment. now when you go out, you cash in. what s in your wallet?
witness interview, it s not uncommon that additional witnesses are identified who then have to be interviewed. so, this could be a much more complicated, much longer process than a week would allow for. we just don t know at this point. you know, you ve said that the senate has all the information that they need, but now, we heard today that mark judge, whom christine blasey ford alleges is the sole eye-witness to the attack, he says that he will cooperate now with an investigation. aren t there obvious follow-ups for him now after the hearing? have things changed? no. kate, i really don t think things have changed at all. this is just a delaying tactic. what you have are obvious allegations that have no credibility, and that is the allegations specifically by julie swetnick, which marge judge has also denied, by the way. so he s denied it. i don t expect him to say anything but i didn t do it or i wasn t there to the fbi and greg is completely correct.
is. i haven t heard anyone yet say what the scope is, and can i just say, with respect to julie swetnick s allegations, these are absolutely incredible on their face. you have a woman claiming that she was an 18-year-old attending high school parties with 14, 15, and 16-year-old boys running rape gangs that she continued to attend to the tune of more than 10 times and watched minor teens being raped. that is absurd on its face. so, no, the fbi should not look into that allegation. greg, but is that do they decide it? go ahead. yeah, kate, let me help out with this one. in the normal course, in my experience, in watching background investigations at the fbi, this is really a process that s run by the white house. the white house essentially tells the fbi what it wants done, what scope of investigation it wants done, and
it is probably impossible for the fbi to conduct any kind of a thorough investigation if you re talking about all three of these women s allegations. if you re just talking about dr. ford s allegations, i think that s an easier matter and i think the fbi can talk to people that have already been named in a week but as greg pointed out, interviews often lead to other interviews so where does it end? let s dig into this a little bit more. because the white house, in talking about the additional this additional investigation, it describes it, and i ve heard it from senators as well, that must deal with current and credible allegations. that s the terminology that they re using, greg, and also limited in scope. and you mentioned scope. so, does this reach beyond ford s allegations? do you think this does include debbie ramirez and julie swetnick? well, we don t know at this point, but i would suggest that that may set up the next fight within the senate judiciary committee. oh. i
here in the conversation the white house is going to start doing, but white house officials also are bracing for what the president might say over the weekend. he s gone after jeff flake before, and kate, he has a saturday night campaign rally tomorrow night in wheeling, west virginia. what could go wrong. in the home state of one big question mark vote, joe manchin. great to see you, jeff, thank you so much. outfront with me now, former fbi assistant director greg brower and former justice department official and sex crimes prosecutor francy hagues. greg, let s talk about what we know, which is very little about what this investigation is going to entail. as of now, they say the investigation will last no longer than one week. do you think they can get it done in a week? it s hard to say. it s possible, but of course it may be impossible. it all depends on the scope of the reopened background investigation, how many witnesses are to be interviewed and then of course with each