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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,922 posts)
Sun Sep 2, 2018, 03:15 PM Sep 2018

Dem senator: Confidential documents would 'strongly bolster' argument against Kavanaugh's nomination

Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) on Sunday railed against the lack of disclosure of documents related to Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh's past White House work, suggesting that some of the withheld information could change the course of his confirmation proceedings.

Klobuchar said on NBC's "Meet the Press" that she plans to stress during Tuesday's confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee that the circumstances of Kavanaugh's nomination are "not normal."

"You have a nominee with excellent credentials, with his family behind him, you have the cameras there, you have the senators questioning, but this isn’t normal because we are not able to see 100,000 documents that the archivist has just - because the administration has said we can’t see them," Klobuchar said.

She noted that there are close to 150,000 confidential documents she's been able to see but that are restricted from the public.

"I think you could ask some very interesting questions about these documents, that I'm unable to even say because I'm not able to make them public," Klobuchar said.

http://thehill.com/homenews/sunday-talk-shows/404748-dem-senator-confidential-documents-would-strongly-bolster-argument?rnd=1535899426

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Dem senator: Confidential documents would 'strongly bolster' argument against Kavanaugh's nomination (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Sep 2018 OP
What if "alleged" content... wcmagumba Sep 2018 #1
PLEASE LEAK THEM!!! bettyellen Sep 2018 #2
Completely ethical in this iinstance. dchill Sep 2018 #3
Ethically required.... I'm going to borrow that phrasing- thank you! bettyellen Sep 2018 #4
Seems obvious, doesn't it? dchill Sep 2018 #5
Yes, but it's also very succinct and somehow powerfully put. bettyellen Sep 2018 #7
Me, too. I'm sure there are more than two of us. dchill Sep 2018 #8
Well as McTurtle said during his resistance to Merrick MagickMuffin Sep 2018 #6

wcmagumba

(2,886 posts)
1. What if "alleged" content...
Sun Sep 2, 2018, 03:20 PM
Sep 2018

starts appearing everywhere so the docs would have to be released
to refute that content....if possible to refute...hmmm...

 

bettyellen

(47,209 posts)
7. Yes, but it's also very succinct and somehow powerfully put.
Sun Sep 2, 2018, 04:38 PM
Sep 2018

This is one matter that the Dems cannot pull any punches about. I want a full on assault on this character.

MagickMuffin

(15,936 posts)
6. Well as McTurtle said during his resistance to Merrick
Sun Sep 2, 2018, 04:03 PM
Sep 2018

Let the American people decide.

You all remember him saying that the American people should decide on who sits on the Supreme Court.

So, Let OUR VOICES BE HEARD




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