the new york times, the future judge describes himself and his friends as, quote, loud, obnoxious drunks with prolific pukers among us. that is not the image kavanaugh tried to project in his senate testimony. of note, kavanaugh signed the letter bart. you may remember a book written by kavanaugh s former classmate, mark judge, features a character named bart o kavanaugh. the nominee refused to answer last week when he was ask if he was bart o kavanaugh. are you the bart o kavanaugh he s referring to? yes or no? you d have to ask him. how does this affect his confirmation vote? well, senators jeff flake and lisa murkowski are waiting to see what the fbi reports before making up their minds. majority leader mitch mcconnell insists the fbi report will not be used as another reason to delay a vote which he claims will take place this week. minority leader chuck schumer
the new york times it s not been easy for me. it has not been easy for me. alleging outright tax fraud by the president and his family. i borrowed very little money from my father. all in starts right now. good evening from new york. we re looking at the investigation into sexual misconduct allegations against brett kavanaugh. the fbi could wrap up its probe as early as tonight, more than two days before the friday deadline, this as new evidence couldn ts to come out refuting kavanaugh s sworn testimony. a letter written by kavanaugh in 1983, published tonight by the new york times planning a debauched beach week vacation with his friends. a confidence game on their own members in a last ditch ploy to drag kavanaugh over the finish line. mitch mcconnell threatening to hold a vote this week regardless of what the fbi investigation turns up. to go on the record with a final decision than face the consequences. here s what we know about him, one thing for sure, the senat
judge, tom, p.j., ernie, squeak. you drink on weekdays, yes or no, sir? in the summer when we went over to timmy s house on july 1st, that would indicate yes. yes. in other words that july 1st reference to skis went over for breskies, correct? and after i just need a yes or no. it is a thursday night and the fbi is attempting to chase down each individual named in kavanaugh s own hand. the fbi interviewing tim goodette, chris garrett or squee as well as mark judge and p.j. smith. meanwhile, even more evidence is being revealed disputing kavanaugh s description of himself as a mild or occasional drinker, and the evidence is again in his own hand. the new york times obtained this letter written by kavanaugh in 1983 discussing plans for a beach weekend with friends in which kavanaugh writes, warn the neighbors that we re loud, obnoxious drunks with prolific
prolong the investigation. kavanaugh vehemently denies allegations by christine blasey ford that he assaulted her at a high school party. she does not remember details. the president seized on that admission at a rally in mississippi, going further than ever before in mocking hear. mocking her. jeff zeleny has this report. reporter: president trump in south haven, mississippi, on tuesday night for a campaign rally. the second in as many days. of course we re five weeks before the critical midterm elections. the president talking about judge kavanaugh. the brutal confirmation process. but he did something that he has not yet done during the course of all of this he mocked christine blasey ford, the california research psychologist who accused judge kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her some 36 years ago. this is what he said i had one beer. well, do you think nope. it was one beer. oh, good. how did you get home? i don t remember. how did you get there?
clearly the president believes that this is a rallying point. some five weeks before the midterm elections. he believes it s unifying republicans. the open question, though, what it s doing to independent voters and democrats so inspired and infuriated by this same movement. dave and christine? christine blasey ford s lawyer outraged by the president s comments, accusing mr. trump of a, quote, vicious, vile, and soulless attack on his client. he went on to call the president a profile in cowardice. the president s message about false accusations against men echoed his words earlier at the white house. it s a very scary time for young men in america when you can be guilty of something that you may not be guilty of. somebody could accuse you of something and you re automatically guilty. but in this realm, you are truly guilty until proven innocent. the president was asked if he had anything to say to young women. he replied women are doing great. in the 1983 letter written by