Posted on 08/19/2018 6:11:13 PM PDT by jazusamo
President Trumps Supreme Court nominee is walking into the middle of a political firestorm over his work for President George W. Bush.
Access to paperwork from Brett Kavanaughs years as a White House lawyer and staff secretary for Bush has become a lightning rod in the nomination fight.
The issue will take center stage as he sits down with Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Sen. Dianne Feinstein (Calif.), the top Democrat on the Judiciary Committee, this week.
Both senators are expected to press Kavanaugh on whether he'll support releasing all of his Bush-era documents, which they say would shed light on what he thinks about controversial matters such as terrorism policy, healthcare and executive authority.
Schumer said he intends to ask Kavanaugh directly why he isnt publicly calling for releasing the paperwork during their closed-door sit-down.
"He can't duck it. ... He should have said already that he wants them released if he's an open, fair, wonderful man, Supreme Court justice that he's trying to portray himself to be," Schumer told reporters during a weekly leadership press conference.
Kavanaughs meetings with Feinstein and Schumerexpected to take place on Monday and Tuesday, respectivelywill mark his toughest stops, so far, on his Capitol Hill charm offensive.
(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...
Chuckie can ask all he wants and I doubt it will bother judge Kavanaugh, everyone knows how Chuckie will vote anyway.
Put Schmuckie on trial for RICO Sedition.
All this and they plan to vote NO
Good luck with that one!
Have they ever found Ruth Buzzy’s records from 1864?
Kav doesnt ask for release because the request from asswipe Schumer is just a delaying tactic and the info isnt relevant. Schumer is a disgusting unamerican political hack with zero credibility.
If it’s not this it would be that!
Yeah, me neither.
Dear Senator,
No.
Have a nice day.
Judge Kavanaugh.
Yep, this request is ridiculous and everyone knows it.
For the RATs staff to go over 3 to 4 million docs would take months and months.
What he 'thinks' doesn't matter if you see your role as seeking original intent, as opposed to legislating from the bench.
I can see why Putz is confused.
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Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Sen. Dianne Feinstein (Calif.)... are expected to press Kavanaugh on whether he'll support releasing all of his Bush-era documents
Maybe she should run that by her Chinese spy. Thanks jazusamo.
Schumer said he intends to ask Kavanaugh directly why he isnt publicly calling for releasing the paperwork during their closed-door sit-down.
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Because he records as a judge are more than enough.
His answers won’t matter to the lame stream media. “I will follow the constitution as written and not legislate from the bench.” will become “Sure I’ll help put blacks back in chains. And just for laughs I’ll gas a few Jews while I’m at it.”
McConnell has the votes for Kavanaugh to be approved. He needs to get with the program and get it done. Leave the far left kooks like Schumer sitting there pondering their genitals.
This is weak sauce from a party without anything more significant to latch onto. It's clear they got nothing.
The plan now is to create a reason for them not only to vote No on Kavanaugh but also give them reason to go to a federal judge (D) of course and have them require the govt to turn over the documents. That would where are the cowards in the Republican Party?? Right where we would expect hiding so they do not have to make a stand.
Denied! Next?
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