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Calling for delay, saying the judiciary panel should not vote on him until "all the information is before the committee. there is no idea what they will find. the fbi is the appropriate agency and that is where it was referred." they say they're not opening a criminal investigation but they are making part of the file that the white house will consider. should there be a delay? >> it is my understanding that then goes to senator grassley and it will be up to him what happens next. i think that background file can be viewed by all lawmakers. i believe all cemeteries, is what buzzfeed is reporti...

What i would like to understand better is how weird is this and what happens now. joining us now to help us with that is the former assistant director for counter intelligence at the fbi. now the chief operating officer for ets risk management. thank you for being with us tonight. much appreciated. >> thank you, rachel. >> so the fbi does background checks on judicial nominees. fbi says tonight when they got this information on judge kavanaugh from the senator, they handed that information over to the white house to include in his background file. from outside the fbi process, from outside sor...

Feinstein's office. "the new york times" reports that last night senator feinstein told fellow democrats on the judiciary committee about the existence of this letter and its contents, though she didn't actually share the letter. "the times" reports that several of these democratic senators that feinstein spoke with advised her that she needed to take these claims to the fbi. and now she has done so. the fbi for its part says yes, they received this information and they say they have forwarded it to the white house to be part of judge kavanaugh's background file. and that means that not only t...

Letter to fbi saying i have received information from an individual containing information of brett kavanaugh to supreme court. that individual strongly requested confidentiality, declined to come forward or press the matter forward. i have, however, referred the matter to federal investigative authorities. the fbi confirmed it received the information, saying in a statement we included it as part of judge kavanaugh's background file as per the standard process. two sources familiar with the matter have told nbc news that the letter involves a sexual misconduct allegation against brett kavanau...

The nominee that she has now referred to the fbi. now, i should tell you there is some anonymous source reporting out there tonight, including recently from nbc news about the supposed nature of this information about brett kavanaugh and why senator feinstein may have concluded that it was a matter for the fbi. but whatever the information that feinstein has handed over to the fbi we have not seen it. and "the washington post" is reporting that whatever the allegation is, the fbi has now notified the white house about it. now, the fbi, of course they do background checks on all federal judicia...