Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20181001:09:33:00
Relaunched background check on supreme court nominee brett kavanagh, the president's team claimed to be keeping its distance. >> the white house isn't intervening. we're not micro managing this process. >> reporter: careful to emphasize the fbi's work on kavanaugh is not a criminal probe. >> it's not meant to be a fishing expedition. the fbi is not tasked with doing that here. >> reporter: officials tell nbc news the fbi has not received new direction that would alter the original scope of the background check, which is currently focused on only two allegations made against kavanaugh. sources ...