After Kavanaugh Is Confirmed Lindsey Graham Makes A Promise That'll Have Democrats CRUMBLING
meanwhile my next guest made headlines this week for his fiery criticism of
Democrats tactics during the Cavanaugh hearings watch if you wanted an FBI
investigation you could have come to us what you want to do is destroy this
guy's life hold this seat open and hope you win in 2020 you've said that not me
boy y'all want power god I hope you never get it I hope the American people
can see through this sham that you knew about it and you held it you had no
intention of protecting dr4 none she's as much of a victim as you are joining
me right now is the man himself South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham sits on
the Senate Judiciary on services and budget committees senator it is good to
have you this morning thanks so much for joining us thanks for having me
appreciate it and let me say thank you for your leadership and your courage
this past week what prompted you outrage at a Star Chamber process I'm know Brett
for 20 years he's gone through six FBI background investigations he's appointed
more women to be his law clerk than any circuit judge in the country he's highly
respected not one hint of impropriety and they tried to destroy his life I
voted for Sotomayor and Kagan this was about delaying the hearing keeping the
seat open past the midterms so it could be filled in 2020 there are no rules
when it comes to Brett Kavanaugh I honored Obama's election he got to pick
Sotomayor and Kagan they don't want to honor President Trump's ability to pick
a fine man I was when Durbin told him turned to dime again if you're truly
innocent and asked for this to continue that was a bridge too far
and I think I spoke in a way that a lot of Republicans at least could relate to
and I'm a bipartisan guy will continue to be but when it comes to judicial
nominees nominated by our side I'm gonna make sure they're treated fairly and he
was not and and he was not you said what a lot
of people were thinking what is your thought now that they are delaying for
another week with an FBI investigation here's what I would like you have yours
to know the Jeff Flake has been a friend of mine for a very long time Susan
Collins Murkowski Lisa Murkowski are all fine senators they want a supplemental
FBI background investigation the committee talked to the people named by
dr. Ford at being at the party dot Ford can't tell us when it happened where it
happened sometimes in the summer of 1982 she
believes so the committee toto Leland Kaiser a friend of dr. Ford and miss
Kaiser has told us that she doesn't refute what dr. Ford said yeah but she
was not at a party she doesn't know Brett Kavanaugh so as to that aspect of
the allegation of dr. Ford she is confused mark judge said didn't happen
PJ said don't know what you're talking about so the FBI is going to interview
these people you're gone a smart judge have you ever seen Brett Kavanaugh
drugged women and participating gang rapes the avenatti claim which mark
judge was supposed to be an accomplice to I believe we're gonna speak we're
gonna speak to mr. Ramirez and Senator you were going through some of the
things that the FBI will certainly be be doing in terms of their questioning
we've heard from many of those people and many of them have said I wasn't at
the party and I don't have any recollection of Brett Kavanaugh in in
that behavior right we told they told that the committee but
the Senators that I just named or like the FBI to kind of double-check miss
Ramirez refuses to talk to the committee Democrats haven't helped us at all along
the committee to find out what happened her allegations would not be printed by
the Newark Times for a very good reason we're going to vote this coming week the
FBI background supplemental investigation should be done early part
of this week Monday or Tuesday then we'll have a final passage vote later in
the week I'm highly confident he will be confirmed he deserves to be confirmed
he's a good man he's the best choice president
Trump could have made in my view out I did recommend him to president Trump but
I want to tell you what's going to happen next if if you allow please okay
here's what's going to happen I'm going to ask senator Grassley to get to the
bottom of how this hearing process was so hijacked the unethical aspects of it
the slash-and-burn aspects of it the effort to delay it to abuse I think dr.
Ford's trust so let me tell you we're going to start with a following concept
dr. Ford said at the hearing that she did not know that the committee was
willing to come to California take her testimony in a private setting here's
what I can here's what she said I just appreciate that you did offer that I
wasn't clear on what the offer was if you're going to come out to see me and I
would have happily hosted you and been happy to speak with you out there it
wasn't clear to me that that that was the case how could that not be clear to
her let me tell you what this committee did on September the 19th the staff told
Grassley letter to Katz's her attorney my staff would still welcome the
opportunity to speak with dr. Ford at a time and place convenient to her we also
offered the committee investigators available to meet with dr. Ford anywhere
any time if she were preferred to provide her
testimony outside of a hearing setting September 22nd judiciary staff email to
the lawyers Katz and Brahma which Grassley tweets come to us or will come
to you we wrote a letter he did to the Democrats even willing to have my staff
travel of dr. Ford in California anywhere else to obtain her testimony
letter from Grassley to Feinstein right dr. Ford's attorney replies September
the 20th dr. Ford has asked me to let you know that she appreciates the
various options you have suggested cats email back to judiciary staff so I'm
going to find out why she did not know her options I'm going to find out who in
Feinstein staff recommended cats to be dr. Ford's lawyer it's in
proper for senators to recommend lawyers to constituents I'm going to ask if you
thought she needed a lawyer as a staff member why didn't you come forward and
tell the committee about the allegation I'm going to try to find out who
betrayed dr. Ford's trust to remain anonymous there are three people at
three groups that had the letter a democratic congresswoman and her staff
Feinstein and her staff and I don't believe Feinstein did this and dr.
forged lawyers no friend sent this out to the press no friend would do this to
her the person who sent this anonymous
destroyed her trust betrayed her request to be anonymous had a political agenda
I'm going to get to the bottom of it I want to find out who on the Democratic
side leaked an anonymous letter provided to the committee by Senator Gardner with
no postmark on it no return address claiming that Judge Cavanaugh did
something wrong in 1988 1998 in Colorado somebody on the Democratic side leaked
out to NBC News and they ran it as a story I cannot imagine if a Democratic
nominee had been before this committee that NBC would run an anonymous letter
provided by Republic have lost the bottom line is the bottom line the
bottom line is we're going to look into a betrayal of trust of dr. Ford a
betrayal of the committee rules we're going to look to see if we can prove
what I think is obvious this was not about protecting dr. Ford it was about
delaying the hearing it was about not sharing with the committee relevant
credible information it was about running out the clock never confronting
him in real time to put us in the box were in if laws were broken in terms of
revealing your personal information your colleague Senator Rand Paul is now
calling for an investigation to determine and punish who published the
personal information of you and two other Republican senators during the
Senate Judiciary Committee meeting on on on Friday tell me what happened as a
result of your personal information being published sir this is the second
time I've had to change my phone number the
Thomas when President Trump did this and during the campaign and I'm not worried
about me changing my phone number I am worried about my address being sent out
but but here's what I would say I don't know I'd like to know why don't want to
know not so much about me I want to deter an abuse of the process
because if this is going to be the new norm god help us all who would want to
come before this committee if we're going to do this and the people who did
it I hope they don't get away with it I want to find the person if I can who
destroyed dr. Ford's trust yeah outed her when she
wanted to be anonymous who sent a document given to the committee to an
outlet that was an anonymous letter unverified but I also want to know
what's going to happen to the fifth accuser
senator Whitehouse got an accusation from a man in Rhode Island who said that
a female friend of his was taken on a boat by Mark drawer mark judge Brett
Kavanaugh and poorly treated she told him about it he went down to the dock
basically and beat both of them up I support an FBI look into that White
House did the right thing yeah recanted you don't want him to be held
accountable thank you god bless you and God bless america
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