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Miles Archer

(18,837 posts) Sat Sep 1, 2018, 08:41 AM Sep 2018

Trump admin withholds 100,000+ pages of Kavanaugh Bush WH records on "presidential privilege" basis

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is withholding more than 100,000 pages of Brett Kavanaugh’s records from the Bush White House on the basis of presidential privilege ahead of the Supreme Court nominee’s confirmation hearing.

The Senate Judiciary Committee was notified of the action Friday. George W. Bush’s attorney Bill Burck told the panel it had essentially completed its work compiling documents, according to a letter obtained by The Associated Press. Bush directed them to err “on the side of transparency and disclosure, and we believe we have done so.”

But the current administration is also able to review the records, and the Trump White House “has directed that we not provide these documents,” the letter says.

In all, 267,000 pages of Kavanaugh documents from his Bush years are being made public.

https://www.apnews.com/70b1f649aad7404baa11949b50d715c6/Trump-administration-withholds-100K-Kavanaugh-pages

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Trump admin withholds 100,000+ pages of Kavanaugh Bush WH records on "presidential privilege" basis (Original Post) Miles Archer Sep 2018 OP

No records, no vote C_U_L8R Sep 2018 #1

Unfortuntely. that's not the way it works. N/T john657 Sep 2018 #3

No vote until we learn WTF with Kennedy's son at Deutsche Bank! Ponietz Sep 2018 #2

Unfortuntely. that's not the way it works. N/T john657 Sep 2018 #4

This message was self-deleted by its author Ponietz Sep 2018 #5

The GOP Has Played Dirty All Along & It's Worked Very Well for Them. dlk Sep 2018 #6

Bush is okay with releasing? Democrats should run with this. "What does Trump want hidden... WePurrsevere Sep 2018 #7

C_U_L8R

(44,996 posts)

1. No records, no vote

Reply to Miles Archer (Original post)

Sat Sep 1, 2018, 08:55 AM

Sep 2018

C'mon, this is ridiculous.

john657

(1,058 posts)

3. Unfortuntely. that's not the way it works. N/T

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Sat Sep 1, 2018, 09:13 AM

Sep 2018

Ponietz

(2,956 posts)

2. No vote until we learn WTF with Kennedy's son at Deutsche Bank!

Reply to Miles Archer (Original post)

Sat Sep 1, 2018, 09:04 AM

Sep 2018

john657

(1,058 posts)

4. Unfortuntely. that's not the way it works. N/T

Reply to Ponietz (Reply #2)

Sat Sep 1, 2018, 09:14 AM

Sep 2018

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Ponietz This message was self-deleted by its author.

dlk

(11,538 posts)

6. The GOP Has Played Dirty All Along & It's Worked Very Well for Them.

Reply to Miles Archer (Original post)

Sat Sep 1, 2018, 09:43 AM

Sep 2018

Why would they stop now? In the past 50 years, out of 18 Supreme Court appointments, 14 have been made by Republicans. They are on a mission.

WePurrsevere

(24,259 posts)

7. Bush is okay with releasing? Democrats should run with this. "What does Trump want hidden...

Reply to Miles Archer (Original post)

Sat Sep 1, 2018, 11:01 AM

Sep 2018

about Kavanaugh that Bush and his lawyers are good with sharing?" "What is Trump trying to hide that Bush said could be released?" "Trump is anti-transparency and he's trying to stop the American people from knowing what a candidate for THEIR SCOTUS stands for."

If the Republicans don't push for those records too, Dems need to glue this to their butts too and say that they're anti-transparency.

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