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Allegations won't come up in class because it's such a mundane part of the process. it's not remarked on. when the history of brett kavanagh some day is told, the thing that will stand out like this one like a 10-foot tall high hat on a horse, this one, the republicans and the senate and the white house couldn't even explain the reasons why they absolutely insisted the fbi must not be allowed to do that in this case. the fbi must not be allowed to reopen and complete their background investigation on brett kavanagh to account for this new allegation. that would be regular order. that's the way...

Failed nomination of john tower, if you ever study those matters, the fbi looking into the allegations won't come up in class because it's such a mundane, normal part of the process. it's not even remarked upon in those controversies. but when the history of the brett kavanaugh nomination is some day told, the thing that will stand out on this one like a ten-foot-tall hat on a knee-high horse is that for some reason with this one republicans in the senate and the trump white house couldn't even explain the reasons why they absolutely insisted the fbi must not be allowed to do that in this case...

Look at the situation. >> reporter: do you not find them credible? these allegations that suggest political motivation behind them. >> i can only speak to some of the personal accounts that some of those of us have as well as the records that we have that are substantiated through a very detailed and thorough background investigation process. >> reporter: so on north korea, during the state of the union address the president described the north korean -- sent otto warmbier back half dead. how do you reconcile those two assessments of the leader and the regime in north korea? >> the president's...

I'm trying to understand. specifically or not or going to deny them? >> i understand your point, but it's really impossible to address anonymous allegations, sources of which we can't interview or speak to. we rely upon the background investigation process. the fbi's assessment, we reply upon the stellar record that he has been, he has shown, really, in the united states navy in the white house and the assessments from multiple presidents and i would say that you have right now, anonymous accusations that are being presented by senator tessito tester. president obama's national security counci...

>> do you suggest political motivation behind them? >> i can only speak to some of the personal accounts that those of us have, as well as the records that we have that are substantiated through a very detailed and thorough background investigation process. >> on north korea, during the state of the union address, the president described the north korean regime as one shamefully tried an american, sent him back to the country nearly dead, starves its own people and is a dictatorship worse almost than any other. that's what he said in the state of the union. how could that all be true if kim jo...