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>> the satjudi committee is meeting to hear evidence on sexual harassment charges that have been mad against judge clarence thomas. >> he spoke about matters he had seen in pornographic films regarding women having sex with animals. >> this is being played out in front of a jury of all white men. >> this is a circus and from my standpoint as a black american it's a high-tech lynching for uppity blacks. >> he decided to fight back which was designed to point out the burden of being black. >> the final count was 52-48. the closest successful confirmation vote in supreme court history. >> no matt...

Asked for intelligence gathering? >> intelligence gathering, the answer would be no. >> he talked about pornographic materials. >> reporter: anita hill's accusations against supreme court nominee clarence thomas spurred debate about sexual harassment. his denial and slamming of the committee, even more talk. >> as far as i'm concerned, it is a high-tech lynching for uppity blacks. >> reporter: hearings brought impeachment, corruption probes, harsh accusations against the irs -- >> i have not broken any laws. >> reporter: scathing words for cigarette makers. >> difference between cigarettes and...

Materials. >> reporter: anita hill's accusations against supreme court nominee's clarence thomas spurred debate about sexual harassment, his denial and slamming of the committee even more talk. >> as far as i'm concerned, it is a high-tech lynching for uppity blacks. >> reporter: hearings brought impeachment, harsh accusations against the irs -- >> i have not broken any laws. >> reporter: scathing words for cigarette make percent. >> difference between cigarettes and twinkies is death. >> reporter: and outraged questions for the secret service. >> we're talking about a respected member of the ...

And the court system. people pouring in. bad. what's your take on that. is it a president's place to question, to preemptively blame a judge for a catastrophe that hasn't even happened? >> well, here's thing. i regret to say this, but now, for decades, politicians, particularly out of the left-hand side of the spectrum have been questioning the integrity of federal judges and their decisions. i worked in the white house for, on five supreme court nominations. in particular, robert bork. i was in the bush 41 administration when clarence thomas was accused of all sorts of things and finally gave...

Censored at the whim of government. >> sean: after those lies and spear tactics, democrats were able to block bork's nomination and that is how we ended up with the term being bork. that's not all, in 1991, george herbert walker bush nominated clarence thomas to the u.s. supreme court and democrats used similar dirty tactics. they had his former colleague anita hill testify and make unfounded sexual harassment claims against him. justice thomas referred to this as a high-tech lynching. watch this powerful moment from clarence thomas. >> from my standpoint, as a black american -- as far as i'm ...