>> ALL RIGHT.
TOM WINTER WITH A VERY IMPORTANT
UPDATE.
THANK YOU.
AND DEMOCRATS ON CAPITOL HILL
ARE DEMANDING ANSWERS FROM THE
FBI AFTER THE AGENCY DISCLOSED
HOW LIMITED THE INVESTIGATION
WAS INTO THE BACKGROUND EVENTS
OF THE SUPREME COURT BRETT
KAVANAUGH FOLLOWING SEXUAL
MISCONDUCT ALLEGATIONS.
IN A LETTER TO CONGRESS, THE FBI
ACKNOWLEDGED THEY CONDUCTED TEN
ADDITIONAL INTERVIEWS DURING THE
FOLLOW UP OF THE INVESTIGATION
INTO KAVANAUGH EVEN THOUGH THEY
RECEIVED MORE THAN 4500 TIPS.
THEY DISCLOSED THE MOST RELEVANT
TIPS WERE HANDED OVER TO THE
WHITE HOUSE -- TO THE WHO US
COUNSELS OFFICE.
THAT WAS LED BY DON McGANN AT
THE TIME.
HE WAS ALSO TASKED WITH USHERING
KAVANAUGH THROUGH THAT
CONFIRMATION PROCESS.
KAVANAUGH WAS ULTIMATELY
CONFIRMED AS A ASSOCIATE JUSTICE
BY A NARROW VOTE OF 50-48.
JOINING ME NOW IS "NEW YORK
TIMES" REPORTER KAUTTE KELLY.
SHE IS CO-AUTHOR OF EDUCATION OF
BRETT KAVANAUGH.
KATE, I BEGIN WITH YOU.
THE FIB SAYING THAT THE MOST
RELEVANT TIPS OF THAT 4500 OR SO
THAT THEY RECEIVED WERE ACTUALLY
REFERRED TO THE WHITE HOUSE
LAYERS IN THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION.
DO WE KNOW WHAT THE WHITE HOUSE
TEAM DID WITH THOSE TIPS AND
LEADS?
>> WE DONT.
THATS ONE OF THE BIGAMIST RUZ
THAT I THINK THE SENATE
DEMOCRATS ARE HOPING TO SOLVE.
GRANTED, THE TIME FRAME FOR THIS
ENTIRE INQUIRY WAS ABOUT SUCHL
DAYS.
IT WAS AWFULLY SHORT.
IT SORT OF HARD TO IMAGINE THAT
THERE WAS TOO MUCH FOLLOW UP
JUST IN THE INTEREST OF TIME.
NOT TO MENTION WE KNOW THAT THE
PRESIDENT, DON McGANN WHO YOU
MENTION IS THE WHITE HOUSE
COUNSEL WERE EAGER TO SEE THEN
JUDGE KAVANAUGH CONFIRMED.
THERE MAY NOT HAVE BEEN A WILL
TO DO THAT.
TO BE CLEAR, WE DONT KNOW WHAT
BECAME OF THOSE TIPS ONCE THEY
REACHED THE OFFICE OF THE
GENERAL COUNSEL THERE.
>> WHAT DO WE MAKE OF THE
REVELATIONS?
NOT SPECIFICALLY FOR HIM BUT
WHAT SHOULD WE TAKE AWAY FROM
THIS WHOLE PROCESS?
>> I THINK LIKE MANY ASPECTS OF
OUR GOVERNMENT, WE HAVE
DISCOVERED YET ANOTHER FAULT
LINE THAT IS EXPLOITED BY DONALD
TRUMP.
MAYBE WE SHOULD RECONSIDER HOW
WE DO THINGS.
WHEN BACKGROUND INVESTIGATIONS
ARE DONE, THEYRE DIFFERENT FROM
A TYPICAL CRIMINAL
INVESTIGATION.
WHEN THE FBI IS INVESTIGATING A
BANK ROBBERY OR SEX TRAFFICKING, THEY ARE GATHERING ALL OF THE
THEY ARE GATHERING ALL OF THE
EVIDENCE AND TAKING IT WHERE IT
LEADS.
IN THIS INSTANCE, THE CASE IS
REALLY CONTROLLED BY THE CLIENT.
THE CLUNTIENT IS THE ENTITY THAT
REQUIRED THEM TO CONDUCT THE
BACKGROUND INVESTIGATION. HERE IT IS THE WHITE HOUSE.
HERE IT IS THE WHITE HOUSE.
THE WHITE HOUSE CAN LIMIT THE
SCOPE.
WHETHER THEY MIGHT CAUSE ANY
POLITICAL PROBLEMS IF THEIR
BACKGROUND PROBLEMS ARE EXPOSED
TO THE COUNTRY.
AND SO WE SEE THIS FBI
INVESTIGATION SERVING THE WHITE
HOUSE.
BUT DID THE SENATE GET THE
INFORMATION IT WANTED OR NEEDED?
SO IT COULD EXERCISE THE ADVICE
AND CONSENT ROLE?
I THAT I IS THE PART THAT IS
LACKING HERE.
AND WHERE PERHAPS WE WERE A
LITTLE BIT LED ASTRAY BY WHAT
THE FBI WAS DOING WHEN IT
CONDUCTED THIS INVESTIGATION. >> YEAH.
>> YEAH.
KATE, LET ME PICK UP ON THAT
POINT.
IS THIS IN ANY WAY CHANGE
ANYTHING FOR JUSTICE KAVANAUGH
AND HIS CONFIRMATION AS A
SUPREME COURT JUSTICE?
>> WELL, I ASKED SENATORS
BLOOMENTHAL ABOUT THIS.
WHY NOW?
WHAT IS THE OBJECT SNIFF OUR
TRUST IN THE FBI AS PEOPLE WHO
HAVE TO CONFIRM FEDERAL
APPOINTEES TO THE COURT AS WELL
AS TO THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT AND
OTHER SENIOR POSITIONS HAS
REALLY BEEN ERODED BY THIS
EXPERIENCE. AT A MUNN MUMINIMUM, THEYRE HOP
AT A MUNN MUMINIMUM, THEYRE HOP
MONDAY R MORE TRANCE PAUR-- MORE
THEY FIRED BACK ON WEDNESDAY THE
21st.
SEVEN DEMOCRATS SAYING WE WOULD
LIKE TO GET YET MORE INFORMATION
ABOUT WHAT WAS DONE WITH THESE
TIPS.
SENATOR WHITEHOUSE WHO LED THE
CHARNG WITH
CHARGE WITH THIS LETTER, HE
WANTS TO KNOW WHY WOULD YOU
BOTHER SETTING UP A TIP LINE
SUCH AS THIS IF YOURE NOT GOING
TO FOLLOW UP ON THE TIPS?
AND WE SPOKE ABOUT WHAT BARBARA
JUST TALKED ABOUT WHICH IS IN
EFFECT THE WHITE HOUSE WAS THE
CLIENT.
SO YOU CAN UNDERSTAND THE FBIS
LOGIC THAT THAT INFORMATION WENT
BACK TO THE CLIENT IN THIS CASE.
HE SAID, WELL, AND OF COURSE HE
IS A FORMER U.S. ATTORNEY
HIMSELF.
HE SAID IF YOU HAVE DEROGATORY
INFORMATION ABOUT A PERSON THAT
YOURE INVESTIGATING AND AT A
MINIMUM THE FBI SHOULD DO
ADDITIONAL DUE DILIGENCE, FOLLOW
UP ON LEADS, EVEN ONLY IN THE
INTEREST OF GIVING A FULLER
REPORT TO WHAT IN THIS CASE WAS
THE CLIENT WHICH IS THE WHITE
HOUSE.
BUT FOR HIS PART, HE CERTAINLY
FEELS LIKE HE WOULD HAVE LIKED