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Investigation. and that doesn't look like it's going to happen. where does that leave kavanaugh's confirmation hearing, if it goes ahead, continues, without delay, leaving questions unanswered about the sexual assault allegations? >> when i think about this situation, it's a sad commentary on the state of american politics and also the legacy of misogyny in the united states. there's no way we can get to the bottom of allegations that are 36 years old, unless both of the parties to this controversy agree to tell the truth. right now, they have opposing stories. and so, it seems to me that an...

Material of some sort, some information should be out there. why are going behind closed doors given the magnitude of what's happening right now? >> eric: is there an argument that there should be some release of material that is unredacted, protect sources and methods but let some of this unredacted material get out there? >> there is no question that ordinarily, i would agree. that sources, methods should be protected in order for the national interest. but not in this case where there's a cloud over the fbi and the american people are outraged at the nature of the fbi getting involved in po...

>> dana: and she said that she hopes that republicans are taking notes. i will give you the last word, sir? >> well, i think that, number one, it does not bode well on the democrats side in committee for trying to cover for a guy who has been exposed. we've seen the e-mails, everyone has seen the e-mails. there is no excuse for it. it is a disgrace and a cloud over the fbi that everyone ought to be working to clean up. the fact that the democrats are trying to be a cheerleader for this guy, is this really a guy that you want to associate yourself with? do they want agent strzok to be the face ...

This and people are not screaming this has to be stopped. >> melissa: this is frustrating because it is intentionally casting a cloud over the president. it's frustrating because when you see the text messages that say we will stop it at the same moment, that agent who wrote the text is opening an investigation into the president. i mean that just, you don't even need to know anything else. >> we need an explanation on that and we need to know what that is about. when the same person disparages all the people that voted for the president and his job. >> melissa: the person disparaging an entir...

The prosecutorial discretion idea is a red herring here because here's what we know. and by the way, the ig acknowledged he cannot say political bias didn't affect the decision. he said he found no direct evidence. here is the issue. the entire universe of evidence that the prosecutor had before them was of function of what these investigators who we now know had proven bias, what they decided to search out, what they decided to focus on, and what they decided to reveal and conceal. so to say the prosecutor made a decision when we know the whole body of evidence the prosecutor had, it's a red ...