GOP says Booker may face ethics review
Source: The Hill
BY JORDAIN CARNEY - 09/07/18 10:49 AM EDT
The Senate's top two Republican lawmakers say Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) might be subject to an official review by the Senate Ethics Committee for releasing documents labeled committee confidential related to Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaughs past work at the White House.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) told Hugh Hewitt on Friday that Booker's decision which the Democratic senator acknowledged violated the Senate rules was unusual and that he wouldn't be surprised if it was reviewed by the Senate Ethics Committee.
Let me just say this. When you break the Senate rules, its something the Ethics Committee could take a look at. And that would be up to them to decide. But its routinely looked at the Ethics Committee, McConnell said. Pressed if he thought the committee should look into Booker expeditiously, McConnell demurred.
I dont order, the majority leader doesnt order the Ethics Committee to take matters up. They do it on their own initiative. ... But they have an obligation to look into violations of the Senate rules, and it wouldnt surprise me if they did, McConnell said.
Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/405541-gop-says-booker-may-face-ethics-review
BootinUp
(47,207 posts)yurbud
(39,405 posts)BootinUp
(47,207 posts)Haggis for Breakfast
(6,831 posts)Bitch McConnell doesn't have the balls.
world wide wally
(21,758 posts)DinahMoeHum
(21,821 posts)n/t
Delphinus
(11,845 posts)That wasn't the "exact" quote that came to my mind when I read the headline, but it works much better.
SWBTATTReg
(22,188 posts)what reason I wonder? Fraud probably...
orangecrush
(19,655 posts)Javaman
(62,534 posts)welcome to orange asshole land of sycophantic repukes.
DinahMoeHum
(21,821 posts)It's okay to deny a President his Supreme court nominee? Because you said so.
Dave Starsky
(5,914 posts)Trying to ramrod Senate approval of an obviously lying, perjuring asshole, while threatening the guy who exposed him as a shitheel with an "ethics review".
Whatever, GOP.. We are so over you.
Le Grand Pronounceur
(78 posts)Hilarious!
The Liberal Lion
(1,414 posts)You're a frickin' sham and a fraud who have elevated and continue to support a conman. Nothing you do any longer really matters. Bring it!
BeyondGeography
(39,388 posts)which is fine by me.
Haggis for Breakfast
(6,831 posts)JustABozoOnThisBus
(23,375 posts)stopbush
(24,397 posts)Unless they get 67 Senators to vote for expulsion, Booker isnt going away.
If you support a criminal president, youve got to expect the opposition to break a few sham rules.
FBaggins
(26,778 posts)No telling whether that would help or hurt any presidential aspirations
cstanleytech
(26,341 posts)actions over the last few decades and the irony is it would be more than justified on our guys part to do that imo.
Bear Creek
(883 posts)Had enough of them saying something is classified just to cover up illegal or embrassing crap.
cstanleytech
(26,341 posts)a person up for an important position on the Supreme Court.
Nitram
(22,930 posts)had already been released as non-confidential.
They are saying that the docs were approved for release and also saying he committed an ethics violation for releasing them?
Demit
(11,238 posts)Nitram
(22,930 posts)When I tried "showboating" I got this:
https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&ei=UfiTW6zJHOnMjwSQqraYBA&q=booker+showboating&oq=booker+showboating&gs_l=psy-ab.3...65794.69448..69731...1.0..0.132.1091.8j4......0....1..gws-wiz.......0j0i3j0i131j0i20i263i264j0i131i20i263j0i22i30j0i22i10i30j0i13j0i13i30j0i13i5i10i30j0i13i5i30j33i160.RUu8x5CP9Og
Unless your Google results are very different from mine, there were numerous references in both.
Demit
(11,238 posts)You said it was "widely reported" that Booker was showboating. I see no source that is not merely CHARACTERIZING what happened as showboating, or quoting the senators making ACCUSATIONS of showboating, who are, guess what, Republicans.
When I asked for a cite, I was hoping it would be from a reputable news organization. Since it was so widely reported and all.
Nitram
(22,930 posts)story about Booker's stand, objective and liberal-leaning sources have to mention that conservatives are making that accusation before they can rebut it. I found numerous examples including the NYT, the Post, and NPR. It isn't negative to report that Republicans are making the accusation and then Democrats are rebutting it with the issues we have with the nomination process. It indeed being "widely reported."
Demit
(11,238 posts)It's really all I asked in the first place.
Nitram
(22,930 posts)Senate Republicans on Thursday accused Sen. Cory Booker of creating fake drama by claiming to disclose committee confidential material on Kavanaugh when the documents had already been cleared for release...Fellow Democrats and progressive activists praised Booker for releasing the documents.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/congress/john-cornyn-accuses-cory-booker-of-grandstanding-over-document-claim
The GOPs response to Bookers outburst evolved. Initially, a senator questioned whether Booker "deserves to sit on this committee or in the Senate" for what he did. Then the documents he wanted were cleared for release, so they were no longer confidential when Booker put them out. So the response shifted to mocking Booker's "Spartacus" comment and arguing he was grandstanding over nothing...I think this morning was a game-changer, Clarke said. What other information is in the hundreds of thousands of documents that havent been turned over? There is a looming feeling there is something theyre hiding. Cory and Senate Democrats were able to shame the committee into agreeing to make last nights documents publicly available, and Cory publicly released those documents as well as other committee confidential documents today. And hell keep releasing them because Republicans are hiding Brett Kavanaughs record from the American people, Lynch said.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2018/09/07/what-cory-booker-accomplished-daring-gop-kick-him-out-kavanaugh-hearing/1221776002/
Booker spokeswoman Kristin Lynch said the senator had "said this morning that he was releasing confidential committee documents, and that's exactly what he's done," saying that he and Democrats had been able to "shame the committee" into agreeing to make the documents publicly available.At the Thursday hearing, Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, accused Booker of political grandstanding.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/brett-kavanaugh-face-final-round-questions-marathon-confirmation-hearing-n906821
As Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court confirmation hearing continues, Sen. Cory Booker has distinguished himself as one of the most vocal opponents of the proceedings. Booker released confidential emails pertaining to the hearing, acknowledging the penalty of such action could be expulsion from the Senate. Many of Booker's supporters lauded the action, saying Booker's act of civil disobedience was for the good of the country. Others, including Booker's Republican colleagues in the Senate, accused him of grandstanding for purely political reasons. What do you think?
https://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2018/09/is_cory_booker_a_patriot_or_ju.html
In a move likely to add to tensions over documents related to Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaughs record, Senator Cory Booker, D-N.J., released several pages of emails that were previously marked committee confidential. Booker argued the fact that tens of thousands of documents revealing Kavanaughs views on key issues were deemed committee confidential reflects the absurdity of the process, which he described as a sham. The public has a right to access documents about a Supreme Court nominees views on issues that are profoundly important, such as race and the law, Booker said in a statement. He added, This process has demonstrated an unprecedented level of secrecy and opaqueness that undermines the Senates Constitutional duty to advice and consent....Meanwhile, Republicans on the committee accused Booker of political grandstanding, noting he is seen as a potential Democratic presidential candidate in 2020.
https://www.ktsa.com/booker-releases-confidential-kavanaugh-emails-despite-risk-of-expulsion/
It was a made-for-television moment albeit later mocked by Republicans as grandstanding and for Mr. Booker, it might come in handy. He is one of three Democrats on the Judiciary Committee the others are Senators Kamala D. Harris of California and Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota said to be contemplating presidential runs in 2020, and there is no time like a stately, nationally televised Supreme Court nomination hearing to grab the attention of the news media and amass valuable footage for future campaign commercials.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/06/us/politics/kavanaugh-hearings-kamala-harris-cory-booker.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fpolitics
I am right now before your process is finished, Im going to release the email about racial profiling, and I understand that the penalty comes with potential ousting from the Senate. Booker said he is prepared to face whatever punishment awaits him because he felt it was necessary to get the information out there and expose the process that resulted in keeping it from the public in the first place...Senator John Cornyn (R-Texas) cut even deeper, implying that Booker was simply grandstanding to benefit his greater political aspirations.
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/cory-booker-risks-ruining-senate-career-over-releasing-confidential-kavanaugh-email/
Boorish. Rude. Disrespectful. Insulting. Grandstanding. Hyperventilating. Deranged. Ridiculous. Drivel.Those were among the words angry Senate Republicans used this week to assail the conduct of Democrats at a Supreme Court hearing that was often tense and sometimes toxic. But Senate Democrats dont care what Republicans think. They knew going into the hearing that they would have to push the envelope of the chambers decorum to have any hope of derailing the confirmation of Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh, while simultaneously showing voters particularly theirs that they would not be bulldozed by Republicans.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/07/us/politics/supreme-court-kavanaugh-senate.html
Booker said on Thursday morning that he felt compelled to publicly release the documents from Kavanaughs time in the George W. Bush Administration, because he felt the process has not been fair and that the public should know what is in them. I knowingly violated the rules that were put forth, and Im told that the committee confidential rules have knowing consequences, Booker said during the hearing. I am going to release the email about racial profiling, and I understand that the penalty comes with potential ousting from the Senate. I openly invite and accept the consequences of my team releasing that document right now, he added...Republicans immediately dismissed Bookers mechanisms as grandstanding and an open audition for a 2020 presidential campaign.
http://time.com/5388683/cory-booker-brett-kavanaugh-documents/
Democrats on the Judiciary panel rebelled, arguing from the start of the hearing that a lot of the material marked committee confidential should have been released to the public. At least two Democrats, Sens. Cory Booker of New Jersey and Mazie Hirono of Hawaii, released some of the classified material..At one point, Republican Sen. John Cornyn of Texas accused Booker of grandstanding because he was running for president.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/analysis-what-we-learned-from-more-than-39-hours-of-kavanaugh-confirmation-hearings
Demit
(11,238 posts)And so gracious, too.
BumRushDaShow
(129,776 posts)the uppity "n***er" in his place.
Dawson Leery
(19,348 posts)Clearly Booker was sincere that he could be in trouble.
YOHABLO
(7,358 posts)Freethinker65
(10,082 posts)lordsummerisle
(4,651 posts)Let me just say this. When you break the Senate rules..."
Irony is dead again, how many times can it die...?
Nitram
(22,930 posts)what about refusing to even consider Garland for a vote?
Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)talking about the documents he released & what they said.
He might become the face of the resistance.
RhodeIslandOne
(5,042 posts)Homer Wells
(1,576 posts)In my experience wit the classification of documents, which I had in the military, I do not recall the classification 'Committee Confidential ', although it has been a very long time since I was military, I guess things could have changed.
Nitram
(22,930 posts)would like to keep confidential. Booker and friends exposed the process as an abuse off power and a cover up.