Klobuchar: Kavanaugh's "excessive drinking" relevant to FBI probe
"Perhaps he doesn't remember what happened because there were repeated incidences of this excessive drinking," said Klobuchar
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Transcript: Sen. Amy Klobuchar on "Face the Nation"
The following is a transcript of the interview with Democratic Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota that aired Sunday, Sept. 30, 2018, on "Face the Nation"
Senator: Kavanaugh would've "thrown me out" of his courtroom if I acted like him
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Senator says other Kavanaugh witnesses, accusers being "shut out"
"As a former prosecutor, I think you have to at least get the facts down," Amy Klobuchar told CBS on Tuesday
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Democrats call for action on Russian election meddling efforts in 2018
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Biden tapes released after legal battle, with references to classified material
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Comey asks judge to drop case over seashells Instagram post
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Georgia man who ran toward Capitol with shotgun pleads guilty
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Trump asks Supreme Court to step into dispute over mail-in ballot executive order
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Georgia man who ran toward Capitol with shotgun pleads guilty
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Biden tapes released after legal battle, with references to classified material
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Comey asks judge to drop case over seashells Instagram post
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GOP targeted progressive dark money. That could boomerang on Trump.
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Cyclospora boosts fears that deadlier foodborne outbreaks are ahead
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How Trump admin cuts have compromised food safety
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Trump says U.S. will "go back to doing what we were doing" if Iran talks stall
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Carly Simon reveals Parkinson's diagnosis: "Learning how to live with it"
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Wildfire smoke continues to shroud U.S.
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Georgia man who ran toward Capitol with shotgun pleads guilty
Prosecutors say Carter Camacho of Smyrna, Georgia, told police officers who apprehended him outside the Capitol that he intended to confront members of Congress and "scare them into speaking the truth."
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Bryan Kohberger challenges conviction in Idaho murders
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Russian Soyuz brings three home after 8 months at space station
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