>>> BRETT KAVANAUGH AND HIS WIFE ASHLEY SPOKE TO FOX NEWS TONIGHT
IN AN INTERVIEW, BUT BRETT
KAVANAUGH DID NOT LET HIS WIFE
ANSWER THE SINGLE POST IMPORTANT
QUESTION THAT WAS ADDRESSED
DIRECTLY TO HIS WIFE, AS WE’LL
SHOW YOU IN JUST A MOMENT.
THE INTERVIEW CAME AFTER A VERY
BAD WEEKEND FOR BRETT KAVANAUGH
AND THE REPUBLICANS TRYING TO
MAKE KAVANAUGH A SUPREME COURT
JUSTICE.
JUSTICE. CHUCK GRASSLY REPEATED
EMBARRASSED HIMSELF WITH HIS
SENATE REPUBLICAN COLLEAGUES BY
ISSUING TOUGH SOUNDING DEADLINES
TO THE LAWYERS OF CHRISTINE
BLASEY FORD.
BLASEY FORD. AND EVERY TIME DR. FORD AND HER
LAWYERS IGNORED CHUCK GRASSLY’S
DEADLINE CHUCK GRASSLY THEN SET
A NEW DEADLINE FOR DR. FORD TO
DECIDE IF SHE WOULD TESTIFY TO
THE COMMITTEE ON WEDNESDAY, A
DATE AND TIME SET BY CHUCK
GRASSLY.
GRASSLY. IN THE END DR. FORD AGREED TO
TESTIFY BUT FORCED CHUCK GRASSLY
TO DELAY THE HEARING UNTIL
THURSDAY, WHICH IS ONE OF DR.
FORD’S ORIGINAL DEMANDS.
WHILE THAT DEADLINE KEPT MOVING,
CHUCK GRASSLY’S JUDICIARY
COMMITTEE STAFF SHOWED ONCE
AGAIN JUST HOW BIASED AND
UNPROFESSIONAL THEY ARE.
ON SATURDAY GARRET VENTRY WAS
FORCED TO RESIGN FROM THE
COMMITTEE STAFF WHEN NBC NEWS
ASKED THE COMMITTEE ABOUT,
QUOTE, EVIDENCE HE WAS FIRED
FROM A PREVIOUS POLITICAL JOB IN
PART BECAUSE OF A SEXUAL
HARASSMENT ALLEGATION AGAINST
MIM.
MIM. THAT WAS AFTER THE REPUBLICAN’S
CHIEF COUNSEL FOR CONFIRMATIONS
TWEETED LAST WEEK THAT NOTHING
DR. FORD COULD SAY ABOUT BRETT
KAVANAUGH COULD STOP HIM FROM
CONFIRMING JUDGE CAV NEE.
HE WROTE UNPHASED AND DETERMINED
WE WILL CONFIRM JUDGE KAVANAUGH.
A VERY BAD WEEKEND FOR JUDGE
KAVANAUGH ENDED LATE SUNDAY
NIGHT WITH THE SENIOR DEMOCRAT
ON THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE DIANE
FEINSTEIN TWEETING THURSDAY’S
HEARING SHOULD BE CANCELED IN
LIGHT OF A DISTURBING NEW
ALLEGATION OF SEXUAL MISCONDUCT
AGAINST BRETT KAVANAUGH.
THE FBI MUST INVESTIGATE ALL
ALLEGATIONS.
ALLEGATIONS. THE NEW ALLEGATIONS SENATOR
FEINSTEIN WAS REFERRING TO WAS
REPORTED IN NEW YORKER.
WHEN SHE AND BRETT KAVANAUGH
WERE FRESHMAN AT YALE SHE
REMEMBERS KAVANAUGH EXPOSED
HIMSELF AT A DRUNKEN PARTY AND
THROUGHOUT THRUST HIMSELF CLOSE
TO HER FACE SO THAT WHEN SHE
PUSHED HIM AWAY, SHE HAD TO
TOUCH HIM IN A WAY THAT
HORRIFIED HER.
HORRIFIED HER. FOUL, SPECIFIC GRAPHIC DETAILS
OF THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THE NEW
YORKER ARTICLE.
YORKER ARTICLE. AND SO WITH THE KAVANAUGH
NOMINATIONS SINKING FAST BY
SUNDAY NIGHT DONALD TRUMP
APPARENTLY DECIDED THAT MONDAY
MORNING WAS THE DAY FOR A SHOW
OF CONFIDENCE BY REPUBLICANS,
EVEN THOUGH REPUBLICANS ARE NOT
CONFIDENT THAT BRETT KAVANAUGH
WILL BE CONFIRMED.
>> THERE’S A CHANCE THAT THIS
COULD BE ONE OF THE SINGLE MOST
UNFAIR, UNJUST THINGS TO HAPPEN
TO A CANDIDATE FOR ANYTHING.
BUT I AM WITH JUDGE KAVANAUGH,
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO A VOTE.
>> DONALD TRUMP AND ALL
REPUBLICANS ARE ALWAYS
CONVENIENTLY FORGETTING THE
HISTORIC UNFAIRNESS OF MITCH
McCONNELL AND SENATE REPUBLICANS
DELIVERED TO MERIT GARLAND THE
SUPREME COURT NOMINEE FOR OBAMA
WHO WAS NEVER GIVEN A HEARING.
REPUBLICANS LEFT THAT SUPREME
COURT SEAT VACANT FOR YEAR.
AND MAST MIND OF THE REPUBLICAN
STRATEGY SAID THIS TODAY.
>> I WANT TO MAKE IT PERFECTLY
CLEAR, MR. PRESIDENT, JUDGE
KAVANAUGH WILL BE VOTED ON HERE
ON THE SENATE FLOOR.
UP OR DOWN.
ON THE SENATE FLOOR, THIS FINE
NOMINEE TO THE SUPREME COURT
WILL RECEIVE A VOTE IN THIS
SENATE IN THE FEAR FUTURE.
>> VOTED ON UP OR DOWN.
SO MAYBE DOWN.
BUT VOTED ON.
THAT’S ACTUALLY A VERY BIG STEP
BACK FROM WHAT HE SAID LAST
WEEK.
WEEK. >> HERE’S WHAT I WANT TO TELL
YOU, IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE
JUDGE KAVANAUGH WILL BE ON THE
UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT.
SO, MY FRIENDS, KEEP THE FAITH.
DON’T GET RATTLED BY ALL OF
THIS.
THIS. WE’RE GOING TO PLOW RIGHT
THROUGH IT AND DO OUR JOB.
>> THEY ARE RATTLED, MAKE NO
MISTAKE ABOUT IT.
THEY ARE TRYING TO SOUND
CONFIDENT, BUT EVERY DAY THAT
PASSES IS BRINGING NEW TROUBLE
FOR THE KAVANAUGH NOMINATION
INCLUDING WHAT MICHAEL AVENATTI
CLAIMS IS MORE EVIDENCE THAT
WILL COME OUT WITHIN THE NEXT
TWO DAYS, EVIDENCE FROM A WOMAN
WHO MICHAEL AVENATTI IS
DESCRIBING, AS YOU HEARD
PREVIOUSLY IN THIS HOUR, AS A
WITNESS AND A VICTIM.
A VICTIM OF WHAT COULD BE
POSSIBLE RAPE SCENARIOS DURING
WHAT APPEARS TO BE THE HIGH
SCHOOL YEARS.
SCHOOL YEARS. WE’RE GOING TO WAIT FOR THE
DETAILS OF THAT TO COME OUT AS
MICHAEL AVENATTI PROMISES THEY
WILL.
WILL. IF REPUBLICANS WERE ACTUALLY
CONFIDENT, THEY WOULD NOT BE
SENDING BRETT KAVANAUGH TO DO AN
INTERVIEW ON FOX NEWS.
SUPREME COURT NOMINEES NEVER DO
INTERVIEWS DURING THE
CONFIRMATION PRESS, EVER.
IT WAS A DESPERATE MOVE BY
DESPERATE PEOPLE.
DESPERATE PEOPLE. I WHAT WE SAW WAS BRETT
KAVANAUGH AT HIS MOST
MECHANICAL, IN A THOROUGHLY
REHEARSED PERFORMANCE WITH NONE
OF THE RELAXED EXTEMPORANEOUS
SPEAKING THAT HE DID AT HIS
CONFIRMATION HEARING WHEN HE WAS
BEING QUESTIONED BY FRIENDLY
REPUBLICANS.
REPUBLICANS. IT WAS A VERY DIFFERENT BRETT
KAVANAUGH WE SAW TONIGHT.
HE DID ABOUT A 15 MINUTE
INTERVIEW IN WHICH HE ONLY SAID
A FEW THINGS, VERY FEW THINGS.
BUT HE SAID THEM OVER AND OVER
AGAIN.
AGAIN. HERE WAS TALKING POINT NUMBER
ONE.
ONE. >> NO, I’VE NEVER SEXUALLY
ASSAULTED ANYONE.
ASSAULTED ANYONE. NOT IN HIGH SCHOOL, NOT EVER.
I’VE NEVER SEXUALLY ASSAULTED
ANYONE IN HIGH SCHOOL OR
OTHERWISE.
OTHERWISE. I’VE NEVER SEXUALLY ASSAULTED
ANYONE IN HIGH SCHOOL OR
OTHERWISE.
OTHERWISE. I’VE NEVER SEXUALLY ASSAULTED
ANYONE IN HIGH SCHOOL OR AT ANY
TIME --
TIME -- I’VE NEVER SEXUALLY ASSAULTED
ANYONE.
ANYONE. I’VE NEVER SEXUALLY ASSAULTED
ANYONE.
ANYONE. >> HE WAS ONLY ASKED THAT
QUESTION ONCE, BUT HE KEPT USING
THAT ANSWER AS A WAY OF NOT
ANSWERING OTHER QUESTIONS.
HERE IS KAVANAUGH TALKING POINT
NUMBER TWO.
NUMBER TWO. >> I AM LOOKING FOR A FAIR
PROCESS, A PROCESS WHERE I CAN
DEFEND MY INTEGRITY AND CLEAR MY
NAME.
NAME. AND ALL I’M ASKING FOR IS
FAIRNESS AND THAT I BE HEARD IN
THIS PROCESS.
THIS PROCESS. ALL I’M ASKING FOR IS A FAIR
PROCESS.
PROCESS. AGAIN -- AGAIN, JUST ASKING FOR
A FAIR PROCESS.
AGAIN, I’M JUST ASKING FOR A
FAIR PROCESS.
FAIR PROCESS. I WANT A FAIR PROCESS WHERE I
CAN DEFEND MY INTEGRITY.
I WANT A FAIR PROCESS.
I JUST WANT A FAIR PROCESS.
I JUST WANT A FAIR PROCESS.
AND JUST WANT AN OPPORTUNITY, A
FAIR PROCESS.
FAIR PROCESS. WE’RE LOOKING FOR A FAIR
PROCESS.
PROCESS. >> HE WAS NEVER ACTUALLY ASKED
IF HE WANTED A FAIR PROCESS.
THAT WAS JUST THE LANGUAGE THAT
HE KEPT PUMPING IN INSTEAD OF
ANSWERING SOME OF THE QUESTIONS.
AND WHEN BRETT KAVANAUGH WAS
ASKED WHY THE PROCESS DIDN’T
INCLUDE AN INVESTIGATION, HE
SIMPLY REASKED THE QUESTION AND
REPLAYED HIS TALKING POINTS.
TALKING POINT NUMBER THREE WAS
ABOUT THOSE 65 WOMEN WHO
MIRACULOUSLY PRODUCED A LETTER
OF SUPPORT FOR BRETT KAVANAUGH
AS SOON AS THE SEXUAL ASSAULT
ALLEGATION FIRST BECAME PUBLIC.
>> THE 65 OVER NIGHT SIGNED A
LETTER FROM HIGH SCHOOL SAYING I
ALWAYS TREATED THEM WITH DIGNITY
AND RESPECT.
AND RESPECT. 65 WOMEN WHO KNEW ME IN HIGH
SCHOOL.
SCHOOL. 65 WOMEN.
65 WOMEN. >> OKAY, SO MUCH FOR THE TALKING
POINT.
POINT. NOW, HERE -- HERE’S THE MOST
IMPORTANT IN THE FOX NEWS
INTERVIEW OF BRETT KAVANAUGH AND
HIS WIFE.
HIS WIFE. IT WAS WHEN HIS WIFE, ASHLEY,
WAS ASKED A QUESTION THAT THE
KAVANAUGH TALKING POINTS DID NOT
ANTICIPATE.
ANTICIPATE. THE QUESTIONS WAS DIRECTED QUITE
REASONABLY DIRECTLY TO BRETT
KAVANAUGH’S Wii.
KAVANAUGH’S Wii. AND BRETT KAVANAUGH WOULD NOT
ALLOW ASHLEY KAVANAUGH TO ANSWER
THAT QUESTION.
THAT QUESTION. >> DO YOU BELIEVE THERE SHOULD
BE AN FBI INVESTIGATION INTO
THESE ALLEGATIONS AND THAT A
PAUSE SHOULD HAPPEN, AND YOU
KNOW, SORT IT ALL OUT?
IF THERE’S NOTHING TO WORRY
ABOUT AND NOTHING TO HIDE, WHY
NOT HAVE THAT PROCESS, ASHLEY,
AND THEN I’LL ASK BRETT.
>> I’VE SAID THAT ALL ALONG AND
ASHLEY, TOO.
ASHLEY, TOO. I WANT TO BE HEARD.
I WANT A FAIR PROCESS WHERE I
CAN DEFEND MY INTEGRITY AND
CLEAR MY NAME AS QUICKLY AS I
CAN IN WHATEVER FORUM THE SENATE
DEEMS APPROPRIATE.
DEEMS APPROPRIATE. >> I REALLY WANTED TO HEAR