SO
SO BOTH
SO BOTH BECAUSE MAKING A SINCERE AND INVESTIGATIVE EFFORT IS AN4
IMPORTANT CONSOLATION TO THE
VICTIM IN THAT CIRCUMSTA4@NCE.
IMPORTANT CONSOLATION TO THE VICTIM IN THAT CIRCUMSTA4@NCE.4@
BECAUSE IT'S WHAT YOU'RE OBLIGED
TO DO PROFESSIONALLY.
SINCERE AND THOROUGH
INVESTIGATION IS CRITICAL TO
THESE CLAIMS IN A PROSECUTOR'S @
WORLD.
WORLD.
WORLD. IT
WORLD. IT MAY BE THE MOST BASIC THING
THAT WE OWE A VICTIM OR WITNESS
COMING FORWARD IS TO MAKE SURE
THAT WE GIVE THEM A FULL,
THOROUGH AND SINCERE
INVESTIGATION.
INVESTIGATION. YOU HAVE MET ALL OF THE
STANDARDS OF WHAT I MIGHT CALL
PRELIMINARY CREDIBILITY WITH 4@
YOUR INITIAL STATEMENT.
YOU HAVE VIVID SPECIFIC AND
DETAILED RECOLLECTIONS.
DETAILED RECOLLECTIONS. SOMETHING PROSECUTORS LOOK FOR.
YOUR RECOLLECTIONS ARE
CONSISTENT WITH KNOWN FACTS.4@
YOU MADE PRIOR CONSISTENT
STATEMENTS.
STATEMENTS. SOMETHING ELSE PROSECUTORS AND
LAWYERS LOOK FOR.
YOU ARE WILLING TO AND DID TAKE
A LIE DETECTOR TEST.4@
AND YOU'RE WILLING TO TESTIFY
HERE.
HERE.
HERE. HERE YOU ARE.
SUBJECT TO PROFESSIONAL
CROSS-EXAMINATION BY A
PROSECUTOR.4@
PROSECUTOR.4@ SO YOU'VE MET ANY CONDITION ANY
PROSECUTOR SHOULD EXPECT TO GO
FORWARD.4@4@
FORWARD.4@4@ YET, THERE HAS BEEN NO SINCERE
OR4@ THOROUGH INVESTIGATION OF
YOUR4@ CLAIMS.
YOUR4@ CLAIMS. YOU SPECIFICALLY ASKED FOR AN 4@
FBI INVESTIGATION, DID YOU NOT?
YOU SPECIFICALLY ASKED FOR AN 4@ FBI INVESTIGATION, DID YOU NOT?@
>> YES.
>> YES.
>> YES. >> AND ARE YOU AWARE THAT WHEN
THE FBI BEGINS INVESTIGATING,
THEY MIGHT FIND CORROBORATIVE
EVIDENCE AND THEY MIGHT FIND
EXCULPATORY EVIDENCE?
EXCULPATORY EVIDENCE? >> I DON'T KNOW WHAT EXCULPATORY
EVIDENCE IS.
EVIDENCE IS. >> NOT HELPFUL TO YOUR
RECOLLECTIONS AND VERSION OF
EVENTS.
EVENTS.
EVENTS. HELPFUL TO THE ACCUSED.
>> UNDERSTOOD, YES.
>> SO IT COULD GO EITHER WAY.
>> YES.
>> YES.
>> YES. >> AND YOU ARE STILL NOT JUST
WILLING BUT INSISTENT THAT THE4
FBI SHOULD INVESTIGATE YOUR
RECOLLECTION AND YOUR CLAIM?
>> YES, I FEEL LIKE IT WOULD --
I COULD BE MORE HELPFUL IF THAT
WAS THE CASE IN PROVIDING SOME
OF THE DETAILS THAT MAYBE PEOPLE
AR4@E WANTING TO KNOW 4@ABOUT.4@
>> AS WE KNOW, THEY DIDN'T.4@
I SUBMIT THAT NEVER, NEVER IN
THE HISTORY OF BACKGROUND
INVESTIGATIONS HAS AN 4@
INVESTIGATION NOT BEEN PURSUED
WHEN NEW, CREDIBLE, DEROGATORY
INFORMATION WAS BROUGHT FORWARD
WHEN NEW, CREDIBLE, DEROGATORY INFORMATION WAS BROUGHT FORWARD@
ABOUT THE NOMINEE OR THE
CANDIDATE.
CANDIDATE. I DON'T THINK THIS HAS EVER
HAPPENED IN THE HISTORY OF FBI @
BACKGROUND INVESTIGATIONS.
BACKGROUND INVESTIGATIONS. MAYBE SOMEBODY CAN PROVE ME
WRONG.4@
WRONG.4@
WRONG.4@ BUT IT'S WILDLY UNUSUAL AND OUT
OF CHARACTER.
OF CHARACTER. AND IN MY VIEW, IT IS A GRAVE
DISSERVICE TO YOU AND I WANT TO
AND IN MY VIEW, IT IS A GRAVE DISSERVICE TO YOU AND I WANT TO@
TAKE THIS MOMENT TO APOLOGIZE TO
YOU FOR 4@THAT.
AND TO REPORT TO ANYBODY WHO
MIGHT BE LISTENING THAT WHEN
SOMEBODY IS WILLING TO COME
FORWARD, EVEN UNDER THOSE
CIRCUMSTANCES, EVEN HAVING BEEN
FORWARD, EVEN UNDER THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES, EVEN HAVING BEEN@
NOT GIVEN THE MODICUM OF
COURTESY AND SUPPORT.
YOU'VE SHOWN YOURSELF
PARTICULARLY PROUD IN DOING
THAT.
THAT.
THAT. THE
THAT. THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE
DECISION TO HAVE BE I THINK THE
ONLY BACKGROUND INVESTIGATION IN
HISTORY TO BE STOPPED AS
DEROGATORY INFORMATION CAME
FORWARD BELONGS WITH 13 MEN.
4@
FORWARD BELONGS WITH 13 MEN. THE PRESIDENT, DIRECTOR REY OF
THE FBI AND THE 11 MEMBERS OF 4@
THE MAJORITY OF THIS COMMITTEE.
AS TO THE COMMITTEE'S
INVESTIGATION, THE FACT THAT MR.
KAVANAUGH'S ALLEGED ACCOMPLICE @
HAS NOT BEEN SUBPOENAED, HAS NOT
BEEN EXAMINED AND CROSS-EXAMINED
UNDER OATH, HAS NOT BEEN 4@
EXAMINED BY THE FBI TELLS YOU
ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT HOW
CREDIBLE THIS IS.
THE BARE MINIMUM THAT A PERSON @
WHO COMES FORWARD IS OWED IS
SINCERE AND THOROUGH