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Rockville, Maryland - 1 October 2018
1. Various of Mark Zaid during interview
2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Mark Zaid, National Security Attorney:
"The real issue with Judge Kavanaugh's for his confirmation is going to be: is anything he said under oath so contravened by what the FBI finds so as to persuade Republican members of the Senate to change their view? Because the Democratic members, I mean, let's be honest, they've pretty much made up their minds. And maybe one could say that, and probably can, on both sides. So it's going to be the introduction of new evidence that would directly contradict Judge Kavanaugh to be able to modify or change someone's opinion as to his credibility, temperament or character."
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Washington - 27 September 2018
3. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh walks into hearing room
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Rockville, Maryland - 1 October 2018
4. SOUNDBITE: (English) Mark Zaid, National Security Attorney:
"The FBI does not come up with any type of independent conclusions or recommendations. They are seeking to either verify or corroborate or substantiate the allegation or if they can say that it's been disproven."
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5. Various exteriors of FBI
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Rockville, Maryland - 1 October 2018
6. SOUNDBITE: (English) Mark Zaid, National Security Attorney:
"Even though President Trump has vilified the FBI both by by its credibility, its trustworthiness, its competence. I, having dealt with them all the time, I don't have any problems believing that the FBI cannot handle this objectively by their professional standards as they do every single day. Now there always can be criticisms objectively or subjectively thrown at any of the agencies but this is what the FBI does and they are the experienced investigators. And there's no reason to believe regardless of the partisan bickering that has occurred out of this administration that the FBI wouldn't be able to conduct this investigation in a standard normalized routine manner that it does every single day."
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7. Various exteriors of FBI
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Rockville, Maryland - 1 October 2018
8. SOUNDBITE: (English) Mark Zaid, National Security Attorney:
"If the FBI devotes the man hours that they need, I think one week they could absolutely continue and finish this investigation. Again right now it looks like we're somewhat limited in scope. It will always change, depending on what information comes up. I would hope if the Bureau comes across a lead that they seem or deemed to be credible and significant they would say, 'Look just give us a few more days to just task out this one lead.'"
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Washington - 27 September 2018
9. Various of Senators at hearing on nomination of Kavanaugh
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10. SOUNDBITE: (English) Mark Zaid, National Security Attorney:
"This particular case can unfortunately and may serve as a real sort of line in the sand or slippery slope to where we go because if the Democrats do gain power in November and then take over in January and they try to initiate any type of impeachment actions against Justice Kavanaugh or pack the court the way President Roosevelt did 70, 80 years ago, we're just as a society, I think, going downhill. It's just going to become more partisan more divided."
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Washington - 27 September 2018
11. Various of Senate Democrats walking
12. Various of Kavanaugh at hearing
Was Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh honest when providing testimony last week to the Senate to defend himself against allegations of sexual misconduct?
If the FBI finds any evidence to refute Kavanaugh's testimony, provided under oath, experts say that could change the minds of Republican Senators, even though many of them have already made up their minds on whether they want to confirm him to the Supreme Court.
"The real issue with Judge Kavanaugh's for his confirmation is going to be: is anything he said under oath so contravened by what the FBI finds so as to persuade Republican members of the Senate to change their view?," said National Security attorney Mark Zaid.
"So it's going to be the introduction of new evidence that would directly contradict Judge Kavanaugh to be able to modify or change someone's opinion as to his credibility, temperament or character," said Zaid.
The FBI currently has a deadline of this Friday, October 5th to complete an investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct by Kavanaugh.
FBI agents have interviewed at least one of the three women who have accused Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct as Republicans and Democrats quarreled over whether the bureau would have enough time and freedom to conduct a thorough investigation before a high-stakes vote on his nomination to the nation's highest court.
Zaid said he thinks one week should be enough time to complete an investigation "if the FBI devotes the man hours that they need."
One area Democrats are planning to focus on as they question whether the nominee was fully truthful in his testimony before the Senate, including his statements about his drinking habits during college and high school.
Senate Judiciary Committee member Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., requested an investigation last Friday - after he and other Republicans on the panel voted along strict party lines in favor of Kavanaugh's confirmation - as a condition for his own subsequent vote to put Kavanaugh on the Supreme Court.
