Dems to challenge Kavanaugh for White House records [View all]
Source: The Hill
BY JORDAIN CARNEY - 08/19/18 08:20 PM EDT
President Trump’s 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 Kavanaugh’s 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.
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