Let's Recap for a minute - tonight Leader McConnell called for a Cloture Vote.
The FBI Report is complete and distributed to the Senate Members.
The process begins tomorrow for the 30 Hours of Debate - with a likely vote on Saturday.
How did we get here and what was the Process?
1st BIG argument - the Democrats are really upset that the FBI did not Interview Blasey Ford OR Judge Kavanaugh.
Personally - I find it more than shocking that they appear to be clueless about what an FBI Background Investigation actually means. Keep in mind - this is NOT a "Criminal Investigation" of any sort -- there is NO crime to Investigate.
So .... what has the FBI been doing for almost a week and WHY didn't they interview either Blasey Ford OR Judge Kavanaugh?? Simple ..... the way the FBI handles these background Investigations to look for information on the people involved is to talk to those that KNOW them, those that are NAMED as witnesses or persons of interest
Let's not forget (because it's a certainty that the FBI is aware) that BOTH Blasey Ford and Judge Kavinaugh Testified under OATH for many hours. Blasey Ford ended her Testimony by saying she had nothing more to add .... she told everything she knew. She is fully on the Record with Penalty of Felony Perjury
All accepted that.
Judge Kavinaugh ended his Testimony in much the same way - all Senator asked their questions, he was fully on the Record with Penalty of Felony Perjury. All accepted that.
The FBI was asked to check all the witness and verify the information by the Judicial Committee - President Trump agreed and put the Senate Leadership in charge.
The way this works is that the FBI talks to ALL the witnesses who have given Oath Statements to the Senate Judiciary Committee - they use these interviews of the people named in the hearing OR named in Letters submitted to the Committee - to see if they are TRUE .... And to investigate any other people that might have relevant information.
It's been widely reported that the Blasey Ford Team (and Democrats) are upset that the FBI has not 'interviewed them" ...... they SHOULD (and I think they must) KNOW that is not how the FBI works in these cases.
Why "interview" somebody that is already on the Record (under OATH) that you have told ALL you know. What possible point is that - they look for others who might actually remember something. Blasey Ford said "That's all I know".
Basically the same thing with Kavanaugh - he made his statement -- the Democrats asked their questions - the FBI will check with others they all knew and see if they can verify those answers to questions.
That''s EXACTLY how they "investigate" when they are doing background and verification.
Been There, Done That.... more than once.
It's a bit of a Mystery why the Senate Democrats don't understand this process.
It's more than a bit of a Mystery why the Senate Democrats AND the Blasey-Ford Lawyers are upset that the FBI did not Interrogate Blasey Ford. Mind Boggling ..... unless, they feel they need an opportunity to Correct their Under Oath, Penalty of Perjury Testimony.
Probably unlikely that's it ..... but most people would not be demanding to talk to the FBI, when it's well known that if you tell them you put one pat of butter on your biscuit and they find it was 1.5 pats of butter ...... To Jail with YOU.
Buckle Up -- the final rounds begin tomorrow.