You've probably heard a lot by now about Amy Coney Barrett, President Trump's Supreme Court nominee.

Some of it true, most of it probably false.

How do you separate fact from fiction?

Well, luckily, we're about to speak with someone who just sat down with Judge Barrett about an hour ago.

This is Verdict with Ted Cruz.

Thank you. This is Verdict with Ted Cruz. Welcome back to Verdict with Ted Cruz.

I'm Michael Knowles.

Senator, one thing I love so much about this show is that I get the inside scoop from you.

I have been absolutely flooded with a ton of information about

Amy Coney Barrett by the press. I assume most of it is complete nonsense. You just sat down with

the Supreme Court nominee. What can you tell us? Well, she's very impressive. So I had a meeting

this afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Capitol. Normally what happens

with Supreme Court nominees is they come around office to office and they come to each senator's

office. This time, because of COVID, they did a little bit differently. So they did it in a big

room in the Capitol called the Mansfield Room that they set up with the chairs

separated so we could socially distance. And so I went by and visited with her, went in

initially said hello, did the elbow bump thing with masks, and then sat down in the chairs,

invited the reporters in. And I shared a few thoughts in front of a bunch

of reporters who, as is their want or screaming out, questions. And then we threw the reporters

out of the room, and she and I visited. We talked probably 45 minutes. Wow.

And it's an impressive, you know, I mean, most of us by now have heard the facts, and she's

very impressive in terms of her record. Number one in the class at Notre Dame Law School,

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