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Democrats slam White House for withholding documents on Supreme Court nominee

 

FILE PHOTO: With the U.S. Supreme Court building in the background, Supreme Court nominee judge Brett Kavanaugh arrives prior to meeting with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., July 10, 2018. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts/File Photo

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats on Sunday criticized the Trump administration for refusing to release thousands of documents on Brett Kavanaugh ahead of this week's upcoming Senate hearings on his nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court.

 

Kavanaugh, nominated by President Donald Trump, worked in the White House under former President George W. Bush, whose lawyers combed through documents from that time and decided that 27,000 of them were protected under "constitutional privilege."

 

The White House directed them not to hand them over to the Senate Judiciary Committee, one of Bush's lawyers said in a letter to the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, which will host the hearings scheduled to start on Tuesday.

 

Another 102,000 pages of documents related to Kavanaugh's record were not turned over for other reasons. The committee has had access to more than 415,000 pages on Kavanaugh's background, the lawyer said in the letter.

 

Dick Durbin, the No. 2 Senate Democrat, said in an interview aired on "Fox News Sunday" that the White House's citation of privilege on the documents was the first time that had occurred.

 

"There has been more concealment of documents that are concerning his public service and his position on issues than ever in the history of the United States ... If he's so proud of his conservative credentials, show us the record," Durbin said.

 

Democratic Senator Amy Klobuchar, a Judiciary Committee member, echoed Durbin's concerns in an interview with NBC's "Meet the Press" on Sunday, saying, "This is not normal."

 

Republicans have dismissed Democrats' concerns over lack of access to portions of the record on Kavanaugh's background, arguing their criticism is politically motivated.

 

"Democrats have more than enough information to understand that this is a highly qualified jurist that should be the next Supreme Court justice," Wisconsin U.S. Senator Ron Johnson, a Republican, said in an interview on ABC's "This Week."

 

Trump nominated Kavanaugh to be a justice on the U.S. Supreme Court to replace the retiring Justice Anthony Kennedy on July 9.

 

Kavanaugh must win a majority of the 100-seat Senate to approve his nomination. Most Republicans, who hold a slim majority in the chamber, are expected to back him.

 

(Reporting by Makini Brice; Editing by Kevin Drawbaugh)

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2018-09-03

[Jonnapat]

Something to hide, no doubt.

US Supreme Court about to be politicised. 

[billd766]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

Republicans have dismissed Democrats' concerns over lack of access to portions of the record on Kavanaugh's background, arguing their criticism is politically motivated.

 

"Democrats have more than enough information to understand that this is a highly qualified jurist that should be the next Supreme Court justice," Wisconsin U.S. Senator Ron Johnson, a Republican, said in an interview on ABC's "This Week."

 

If they have nothing to worry about or hide then why not release the documents?

[Jingthing]

The center of the "swamp" is at the "trump" white house. The most CORRUPT administration in American history. Drain it!

 

This latest sleazy move just more of the same disease. The ROT comes from the top and the top is orange colored. 

Edited September 3, 2018 by Jingthing

[connda]

Both sides play this game.  Being 'outraged' is simply play-acting on the stage of moral relativism. 

[ReMarKable]

It is easy to understand Trump's love for mother Russia.  He is a crime boss, like Putin.

[ReMarKable]

It is easy to understand  Trump's love for Russia.  He is a crime boss, like Putin.

[Expatthailover]

Does this really surprise anyone.

[Jingthing]

24 minutes ago, connda said:

Both sides play this game.  Being 'outraged' is simply play-acting on the stage of moral relativism. 

Yeah, nothing matters. Truth isn't truth. We can have our "alternative" realities. Sadly a significant percentage of the population has succumbed to that evil crapola. 

[riclag]

The resistance meets the  resistance.

Dick Durbin the hyperbolic spokesperson for the Dem resistance movement who created all this nonsense of the S-hole country, is starting to whine again.  Just another Dem ploy to delitgitimize  a republican nominee who has been blessed by the gods to be a staunch defender of the constitution as it was written and not to interpret    it as a living breathing document that can be changed according to one's ideology and most importantly, his personnel  beliefs  .He has a impeccable record,"the Supreme Court has adopted Kavanaugh's position on cases 13 times, and has reversed his position only once".

 

Not the first time Dick Durbin slobbered his rhetoric in public either about Judge Kavanaugh! "Durbin and Leahy accused Kavanaugh of lying to them in his confirmation hearing when he denied being involved in formulating the Bush administration's detention and interrogation policies in the aftermath of the September 11 terrorist attacks".

Very anti democratic for DD to denounce the interrogation policy at that time.Kinda like siding with terrorist 

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brett_Kavanaugh

Edited September 3, 2018 by riclag

[attrayant]

3 hours ago, connda said:

Both sides play this game.

 

Sure, okay.  Whatever you say.

 

President Barack Obama did not claim privilege on any of the documents involving now-Justice Elena Kagan, the last Supreme Court nominee to have served in a White House, according to Christopher Kang, who was a deputy counsel under Obama.

[riclag]

31 minutes ago, attrayant said:

 

Sure, okay.  Whatever you say.

 

President Barack Obama did not claim privilege on any of the documents involving now-Justice Elena Kagan, the last Supreme Court nominee to have served in a White House, according to Christopher Kang, who was a deputy counsel under Obama.

Kagan won by a 63 to 37 vote .The NPR headline on a google link say's 

Senate Confirms Kagan To Court 63-37 : It's All Politics : NPR

So in America it has and will continue to be about party .It's not supposed to be. I don't know if the gop demanded documents from the WH. What one's and how many did Obama's admin decide to give ?

Edited September 3, 2018 by riclag

[oldrunner]

Oh Golly Gee (said no Democrat) now we won't be able to delay his nomination to the Supreme Court, Ruth, you're next, try to stay awake.

[billd766]

5 hours ago, riclag said:

Kagan won by a 63 to 37 vote .The NPR headline on a google link say's 

Senate Confirms Kagan To Court 63-37 : It's All Politics : NPR

So in America it has and will continue to be about party .It's not supposed to be. I don't know if the gop demanded documents from the WH. What one's and how many did Obama's admin decide to give ?

 

Google it or write to whoever under the FOI.

 

I am sure that you can manage that and please remember to post the results here whichever way it comes out.