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Nevertheless, putting this out at this stage raises questions going forward. ultimately we will see if it raises questions over the key votes in the senate. the moderate senato senator,particularly like lisa murkowski and susan collins who hold the key to his nomination. if they decide he should wait to figure it out going forward. we have not heard from them yet. the judge broke. we will get a sense of whether it has any impact on the nomination process. the democrats are planning to press forw...

Senator blumenthal of connecticut also asked him have you ever incurred any debt over $5,000 from gambling, has anyone paid off your debts from gambling in the past ten years? just received answers. i will tell you on these debt and financial questions to all of them he gives the same answer, and his answer is please see my response to question 11. his response to question 11 is very long. he gives a lengthy explanation of his finances including how expensive it is to maintain an old house. ill ...

Several liberal groups are urging senate dems to launch a formal investigation. they said five topics kavanaugh addressed with judiciary panel senators this week reveal inconsistents with statements he made during confirmation hearings for his current appellate court positions that rise to the level of perjury. those documents dems say were stolen by a republican during the judicial nomination process which were then passed on to kavanaugh, and if you were watching, patrick leahy asked the judge...

Theyre trying to make the case that, quote, five topics kavanaugh addressed with judiciary panel senators this week reveal inconsistencies with statements he made during confirmation hearings for his current appellate court position that appear to rise to the level of perjury. more on that in just a second. one of those involves emails the dems say were stolen by a republican during the judicial nomination process which were then passed on to kavanaugh, and if you were watching, then you know la...

Of perjury. politico is reporting that several liberal groups are urging senate dems to launch a formal investigation. they said five topics kavanaugh addressed with judiciary panel senators this week reveal inconsistents with statements he made during confirmation hearings for his current appellate court positions that rise to the level of perjury. those documents dems say were stolen by a republican during the judicial nomination process which were then passed on to kavanaugh, and if you were ...

Somebody and you just dont want to say. thats how i think everyone in america saw it. but we have to really step back because there is also breaking news tonight that rudy giuliani is confirming that he -- that donald trump will not speak and will be required to be subpoenaed if the -- if robert mueller wants to talk to him -- really wants to talk to him, he will have to subpoena. and i think this is whats so obviously crazy about the world were in. any normal judge would recuse himself at this ...

Donald trump will not speak and will be required to be subpoenaed if the -- if robert mueller wants to talk to him -- really wants to talk to him, he will have to subpoena. and i think this is whats so obviously crazy about the world were in. any normal judge would recuse himself at this point, but the fact that brett kavanaugh wont recuse himself is a sign that we should all be deeply troubled by this -- by this -- by this entire nomination process. >> and neera, the breaking news you mentioned...

Released, this is the most information any nomination process has had. over 500,000 documents have been released, more than the past five supreme court nominations total. when you look at the supreme court justice elena kagan, none of those papers were released for her supreme court nomination and she hadnt served as a judge before. that was documentation most likely to show her judicial philosophy. judge napolitano knows this, any communications that go on between the president and his advisors...

Council gonzalez to deliver to the federalist society. and you said in that speech as a matter of constitutional principle, it is simply inappropriate, we believe, to afford any outside group a quasi official role in the presidents nomination process. how do you square those two comments about the role of the american bar association in the nomination process with the role of the federalist society in your nomination process? assuming that mr. mcgahn was speaking accurately when he said that the...

That there was nothing wrong with the aba rating the nominees, but to give an organization that files amecas briefs and takes position positions a preferred role in the constitutional nomination process was unfair, in some way necessary favoring -- >> the affair description of the federalist society role in your selection as the nominee to say that it was preferred over other groups? >> well, my experience was when justice kennedy retired on the wednesday, mr. mcgahn called me later that afterno...