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Information and they would to y typically forward that to the white house saying we have this new information about someone whos come forward. theyll see the back and forth whether or not the agents were precluded from following leads if they were doing a suitability inquiry. >> thank you very much, apprecia. protesters demanding answers after the disappearance of a journalist and critic of the saudi regime. now sources inside turkey are making stunning accusations claiming that he was killed ...

This inquiry was insufficient. we heard joe manchin yesterday after the vote saying he only had to deal with what was in front of him. and you can always do more. the issue isnt that you can always do more, the question is whether you did enough. senator collins similarly said, this is premised on a lack of corroboration. a lack of corroboration from who? from how many interviews that were done, was it thorough or not? and more specifically, what were the parameters, why was this focused only on...

Hearings themselves is further corroboration as to why the rules need to be changed regarding background inquiries, the fbi and white house. why indeed this reopening of this inquiry was insufficient. we heard joe manchin yesterday after the vote saying he only had to deal with what was in front of him. right? and you can always do more. so the issue, chris, isnt that you could always do more. the question is whether you did enough in the investigation. senator collins similarly said you know, t...

Want people to know that as joyce said when you are doing a suitability inquiry, you are not focused on the criminality, but whether or not this person has the capacity, the character and the sbintegrity and the reputatn to do his job well. so all of this is fair game. i hear people saying, well, we only had to focus on the allegations of sexual assault, and that is not true. i have done hundreds if not thousands of background investigations or supervised them in my career, and you are absolutel...

Put the brakes on some of these investigations or not. the agents in the course of their interviews would want to pursue allegations that appear to contradict what the judge said, if its this suitability inquiry. were not really clear on how theyre being directed and guided, but i know where theyd like to go as investigators to get to the truth, to try and make a determination or to provide the facts that corroborate one way or the other what the judges position is. >> thank you. greg, thank you...

Sitting on the supreme court, its pretty important to ensure theres credibility. so the public has an understanding and sense of confidence about this. this is not, i dont think now, an investigation about the sexual allegations. i think it really has moved towards credibility. and i dont think there were too many people who want to be judged based on how much they drank in high school or even in college. but if they then subsequently lied about that or if there were additional patterns of activ...

Of what weve seen in terms of reporting about what might be limited and possible in the course of a week. >> the fbi is an investigative body that has been doing investigations for over 100 years. they are certainly up to t theyve done thousands of background investigations on federal judges for many, many years. i think the challenge here is to determine what the scope s weve heard the president say there is no scope, do what you want to do, weve heard other members of the white house say its g...

For being part of our coverage, for rolling with the breaking news from mitch mcconnell, and well be calling on you for your expertise in the days ahead. i turn now in our continuing coverage to another important piece. its the fbi probe. im joined by a former fbi senior official shawn henry, as well as returning attorney erica smith. im going to start with mr. henry because of the fbi aspect, which is the senator thank you so much you have a president who said the fbi doesnt do this. but its a ...

Theres likely not to be any criminal charge to come out of this, but theres an establishment of facts that the senate now is charged with trying to figure out, and as senator leahy said, theyre not really good at that, theyre not really equipped for that. so the mind goes to the fbi, you think theyre an investigative body. what can the fbi do if this is not their bread and butter, if they dont investigate one off crimes, do enterprise crimes and bigger things, lets say the white house said open ...