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The Daily

What the F.B.I. Found (and Didn’t Find)

The Daily

The New York Times

Daily News, News

4.3107.7K Ratings

🗓️ 5 October 2018

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

The agency has delivered its report on Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh to the Senate. Republicans say it reveals nothing new — but Democrats say it was specifically designed to reveal nothing new. Guest: Sheryl Gay Stolberg, who covers Congress for The New York Times. For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily.

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From the New York Times, I'm Michael Barbarro.

0:32.6

This is the Daily.

0:39.6

Today, the FBI delivers its report about Brett Kavanaugh to the US Senate.

0:46.6

Republicans say it reveals nothing new.

0:50.6

Democrats say it was designed to reveal nothing new.

0:55.3

Here that leaves the confirmation process.

0:59.6

It's Friday, October 5.

1:05.5

In the middle of the night, at about 2.30 in the morning, Thursday, this much anticipated

1:10.6

report, the FBI investigation into whether or not Judge Brett Kavanaugh committed sexual

1:16.2

assault makes its way to the White House, and there's just one copy of this report.

1:23.8

And it gets sent over to Capitol Hill, and it winds up in this secure room, this room

1:34.1

that's called a skiff, sensitive, compartmented information facility that is an underground

1:40.8

room, and the public can't go in.

1:44.0

There are these huge kind of brass looking doors with signs on them that say, you know,

1:48.6

media or public, and this is where the senators review classified information, and this

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