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Be like. now, in terms of assessing the sexual assault allegation against brett kavanagh which was the cause of today's hearing, there was a pretty tight range in terms of things that were actually fought over in the committee room. one of them that was fought over and over again, and it's still unanswered, is the question of why republicans and the white house and judge kavanagh now are so insistent that the fbi must not be allowed to reopen their background investigation of judge kavanagh to gather evidence and gather witness statements about these allegations against him that have arisen ...

Kasie hunt at capitol hill. we'll check in with both of you as things develop. the lack of a further fbi investigation into the allegations against kavanaugh was one of the major points of contention at yesterday's marathon hearing and at today's judiciary committee meeting. >> he claimed the fbi had already investigated him because they did a background check six times. the fbi never investigated dr. blasey ford's allegations. it never investigated deborah ramirez's allegations. it never investigated julie swetnick's allegations. a person who is innocent would want the fbi to investigate thei...

Investigations like this, honestly, what was he praising back in 1991? what was he so excited about then if the fbi doesn't actually do this? being a hypocrite, having a partisan double standard, i understand that is like breathing in politics these days. i get t but flat out asserting, you know, this is not done. it would be crazy. it would be a departure from precedent to have the fbi investigate something like this when these guys, themselves, have been through this process before. it just strikes me as odd. it's just a weird place to have a sticking point. this is not a normal kind of figh...

This committee, any person in this room or any person in this country would like said about him or her in this fashion? or this dirt dredged up and this gossip and these lies displayed in this manner? how would any person like it? the supreme court is not worth it. no job is worth it. i am not here for that. i am here for my name. my family, my life, and my integrity. >> the kavanaugh case has an all too familiar taint, doesn't it? detailed legitimate concerns should be dealt with in the fbi background check process or that's followed up, in the public hearings. not in this 11th hour media cir...

Point person for overseas contacts. not to mention the fact that he made a number of mistakes in filing the application for the clearance. when you add it up, this is totally routine. but the more it dragged on, the more it contributed to this question of, what does the fbi or what does the intelligence community have on jared kushner? is he in jeopardy. >> we have been talking to a number of federal prosecutors and former fbi officials about this background check process. the answer we kept getting was that jared kushner -- it would be really difficult for him to get this source of clearance ...