Sen. Mazie Hirono Is Asked If Dems Leaked Ford's Letter Her Answer Speaks VOLUMES
and we're joined down by Senator mazie Hirono she joins us from Washington DC
this morning senator thank you and I want to begin winding with picking up on
what we just heard from Senator Graham right there he is saying that there's
going to be an investigation the Democrats and how you handle dr.
Christine Brasi Ford again they're not focusing on the credibility or the the
these credible reports and it's all about why you did with somebody wait so
long and all of that the crux of the matter is that these are serious
allegations and we have been calling for an FBI investigation for what seems like
months these are not normal times under normal times in a situation like this
there will be an if by FBI report we would have access to all of the
documents that we should get with regard to this nominee not just ten percent of
the documents under normal times we would be able to ask questions of the
relevant witnesses such as mark judge and you know under normal time so that
the Senators will be asking their own questions at and rather than hiring a
prosecutor as though this is some kind of a criminal case to go after the
person who came forward bravely to tell us the truth of her experience are you
confident that Democrats didn't leak that letter and how do you respond to
Senator Graham's charge that it was inappropriate for the Democrats to refer
dr. Blasi Ford to a lawyer see all of these things do not focus on what we
should be focusing which is the credibility of Judge Cavanaugh
that's what's before us right now and all kinds of other studies or
investigations that can occur but right now what we need to focus on is our
ability as senators to do our advice and consent job to determine whether judge
Kavanaugh is credible whether he was candid with us whether his demeanor by
the way in in accusing Democrats of some kind of a conspiracy to do him in
it was so bizarre and by the way even as all of these accusations about this
being politically motivated are being tossed around everyone acknowledges
including judge Cavanaugh that dr. Ford is not being politically motivated that
is very clear so that brings us to the crux of whether or not this FBI
investigation is going to be thorough I would think that that is what Senator
flake had in mind that it would be a thorough investigation that would enable
us to determine the character credibility and indeed we saw in Judge
Kevin Osby behavior questionable demeanor from what you've learned about
the FBI investigation will it be a credible investigation that's gonna be
the big outstanding question and I would think that Jeff Flake and the other
senators who are going for this investigation will call for there's time
you know the thing is that every Senate vote matters and there's there's time to
get to the bottom of it even if it's seven days that's bad enough but then to
limit the FBI as to the scope and who they're going to question that that
really I wanted to use the word force but that's not the kind of investigation
that all of us are expecting the FBI to conduct it does seem that they will not
be at least in current facts will not be in interviewing Julie sweat Nick do you
believe that Julie sweat next esta mone is credible she came forward the thing
is that as with dr. Ford who has absolutely no reason to come forward and
in fact that's why even a judge Kavanagh said that she is not being politically
motivated that they all came forward with credible reports they all said that
they would be willing to talk to the FBI the only person who didn't want to have
an FBI investigation frankly was judge Cavanaugh and he hid behind the fact
that he knew that neither the president nor the Republicans were going to call
for an FBI investigation as you saw in his testimony time and again he was
asked he could have of just you know gone
he could have helped us get over this whole issue of an FBI investigation he
wouldn't go there but finally finally we're going to get one and the question
is are we gonna get the kind of investigation that is thorough and fair
well it is it's happening right now we know it's gonna be going on this week
you heard senator Graham there say that you know what you saw judge Cavanaugh
you've raised questions about his temperament but he was simply a man
defending his honor and people have a right to be angry when they're defending
their honor well see when he kept saying that I didn't do it then why wouldn't he
call for an FBI investigation why wouldn't he do that and by the way in
2016 he actually wrote a law review article in which he said a judge first
of all must be nonpartisan he came out at that hearing which was
shocking to me that he would accuse Democrats of some kind of a vast
conspiracy to do him in and even dragged in Hillary Clinton I found that bizarre
but we hardly need somebody on the Supreme Court who be who has these
conspiracy theory notions I already have major concerns with judge Cavanaugh in
terms of his outcome driven approach to cases I know that he has a pattern of
being against reproductive rights he definitely has some really expensive
views of the protections that should be afforded a sitting president from any
kind of criminal or civil proceedings I'm sure this president took note of
that and it's one of the major reasons as far as I and others believe that his
name was put forward if judge Kavanagh becomes justice Cavanaugh do you think
he will have to recuse himself from cases involving congressional Democrats
or some of the liberal groups that he chastised well considering that he
totally showed himself to be the politically the political operative and
the partisan operative that he has been which as I said is one of the reasons
that his earlier confirmation was held up for three years that the veil is
revealed and he revealed himself as a partisan I would think that if I were a
Democrat going before him I'd ask him to recuse himself senator Hirono thanks for
your time this morning you thank you god bless you and God
bless america
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