First Kavanaugh papers from Bush years released
WASHINGTON — The first documents from Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s time in George W. Bush’s White House were released Thursday as the Senate begins to review the judge’s unusually lengthy public record for confirmation hearings this fall.
The 5,700 pages from Kavanaugh’s time in the White House counsel’s office, a slim fraction of those avail- able, were posted on the Senate Judiciary Committee’s website after being compiled by a lawyer representing the former president as part of the GOP’S expedited review process.
Democrats and others scrutinizing President Donald Trump’s nominee protested, saying Republicans are “cherry-picking” from the initial cache of 125,000 Bush documents and skirting traditional procedures.
Kavanaugh’s five years working for Bush, as a White House counsel and the staff secretary, are the subject of a dispute between Senate Republicans and Democrats about the scope of documents being made available.
The National Archives and Records Administration is screening nearly 1 million pages related to Kavanaugh’s time in the White House. It says the review will not be completed until the end of October.