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Or forgetting things, and that's why this letter is potentially significant here. it's just one more piece of the overall puzzle of who is brett kavanaugh, who was brett kavanaugh back in high school, and you rightfully point out one of the other significant points of this letter, the fact that he signs it "bart" and that is significant because his friend back in high school, mark judge at the center of a lot of these allegations, he wrote a book, and in that book, it's said to be fictional, he identifies a character named bart o'kavanaugh and this is something that came up during brett kavana...

I'm told officials in the fbi occasionally write memos about their conversations. >> i've heard that. >> that's the point here. we're going to find out what that directive was. people who are saying, no, the fbi has free rein, we're going to get the answer to that question because all of this will fall under the free dom of information act. we will know what the white house told the fbi. >> abby, you've been at the white house covering this. you had it in your piece just there, i was surprised when president trump went out of his way to note how odd brett kavanaugh's depiction of his drinking ...

Question, judge? just so -- that's not happened, is that your answer? >> yeah, and i'm curious if you have. >> i have no drinking problem, judge. >> nor do i. >> okay. thank you. >> reporter: after a break, judge kavanaugh apologized. today, the president was asked about his testimony. >> there are now concerns that he may have lied or mischaracterized his drinking while testifying. if they find that he did, do you think that bars him from being your supreme court nominee? >> well, i watched him, i was surprised at how vocal he was about the fact that he likes beer. and he's had a little bit o...

He lived with brett kavanaugh and he was his suite mate at yale, and he never saw brett kavanaugh, even though he was the one who came home with him at the end of the night, that he never saw him come home so drunk that he wouldn't be able to misremember something. they're saying we know him better, and we actually know that this is not the way he drank. this isn't how we would characterize it. although they did say he did drink, they're saying they didn't drink as much as being characterized now. of course you saw the president today saying brett kavanaugh described a drinking problem, having...

There about president bush's drinking. kavanaugh has said he's never had a drinking problem but this is all kind of coming full circle. >> i think this is one of the most fascinating threads because we do know that president trump feels very strongly and personally about this issue. in our town hall during the election when he was with his children, they were talking about how their father over and over again said no drugs, no alcohol and they really internalized this as a really important message from him. so i just think it was fascinating as i was watch bein the hearing and kavanaugh's test...