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World of difference in the decision on brett kavanaugh. the fbi conducting a supplemental investigation at the request of arizona senator jeff flake and finding no evidence to support allegations of sexual assault. joining me now republican senator roy blount of missouri. he has read the document. as i understand it, you went back to look at it again. was there something you thought you had missed or were you on the fence about it? >> i wasn't on the fence about it at all. i thought the staff summary yesterday was pretty exhaustive. the new documents, about 50 pages of interviews. then i heard...

Were they g-men ornd? were they acting as g-men or tools of the white house. >> i don't know what a g-man is. >> you don't know the old '30s movies, but -- the fbi guys. >> ultimately, the white house is their client, so they are restricted. but they know and they recognize -- >> well, they're not pinkertons. they work for the united states, not the just the president. >> but the white house is ultimately the client. and as greg said, there are things that the white house can limit the scope on. and they recognize that they're being used by the white house here, they're being used by the senat...

The reason you are going to ignore 20 years of distinguished service to this country and impeccable integrity and throw that away, sorry, that's not going to wash. >> did you find christine blasey ford credible? >> i thought she gave compelling testimony. i said it at the time. she gave compelling testimony. >> did you believe her? >> i believe that she thinks that happened. i don't believe that you can look at all of the evidence and say judge kavanaugh should not be confirmed based upon that because there's no corroboration on what she said. >> how could you corroborate it? three people were...

Or part of what happened? >> it's -- you're asking about, yeah, blackout. i don't know -- have you? >> could you answer the question, judge? i just -- so, you have -- that's not happened? is that your answer? >> yeah, and i'm curious if you have? >> i have no drinking problem, judge. >> well, after watching that hearing, mark oszler, a yale law school classmate of kavanaugh's, who had originally supported his nomination, retracted his support. in a letter written with another yale law school classmate, he wrote, having watched those hearings, we must withdraw our support for judge kavanaugh's ...

Contrary to my record and character. my statement and answers also represents my deep distress at how these allegations have been handled. going forward, you can count on me to be the same kind of judge and person i have been for my entire 28-year legal career, hard-working, even-keeled, open-minded, independent, and dedicated to the constitution and the public good. he's billy bud. this is melville. he's wrongly accused. >> even-keeled and open-minded? >> you know, jason, what i'm talking about. >> this is what gals sgalls me this. isn't that what everyone with a drinking problem does? i will...