Mascaro writes: "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."

Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. (photo: AP)

The Trump Administration Is Withholding More Than 100,000 Pages of Brett Kavanaugh's Records

By Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press

01 September 18

he 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.

Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer called it �a Friday night document massacre.�

Schumer said the decision to withhold the documents �has all the makings of a cover-up. ... What are they trying so desperately to hide?�

Comments

We are concerned about a recent drift towards vitriol in the RSN Reader comments section. There is a fine line between moderation and censorship. No one likes a harsh or confrontational forum atmosphere. At the same time everyone wants to be able to express themselves freely. We'll start by encouraging good judgment. If that doesn't work we'll have to ramp up the moderation.

General guidelines: Avoid personal attacks on other forum members; Avoid remarks that are ethnically derogatory; Do not advocate violence, or any illegal activity.

Remember that making the world better begins with responsible action.

- The RSN Team

+25 # angelfish 2018-04-06 00:44

This poor stupid S.O.B Idiotically smeared HIMSELF! He and his Ilk, see Trumpsters, see nothing wrong in Sexully Harrassing and/or Assaulting women because they mistakenly think that women REMAIN Chattel, despite being given the Vote. They are one of the Main reasons why the Civi Rights Act is a Farce when it comes to the Civil Rights of Women, People of Color and ANYONE who is Foreign or looks different from themselves! Dear God, give Special Prosecutor Mueller the evidence he needs to Nail these Cretins to the Wall and send a Warning LOUD, and Clear that THIS type of behavior will NOT be tolerated any longer! Rebel. Resist! Repudiate these Trolls until Justice is SERVED!

+4 # RLF 2018-04-06 06:01

Conservative women in denial of who those they enpowered are and what they represent. The whole bunch here are scum...certainl y o'Reilly but also the women.

-18 # librarian1984 2018-04-06 08:33

There were Democrat abusers too, some of whom were supported by people on this site. Glass houses ...

+22 # Kootenay Coyote 2018-04-06 08:49

0 # DongiC 2018-04-08 05:26

By their fruit you will know them. Seems like O'Reilly is pretty rotten fruit. Therefore. . . .

0 # moreover 2018-04-08 12:24

"fruit"??? Are you alleging O'Reilly spawned?

Refresh comments list

JComments

THE NEW STREAMLINED RSN LOGIN PROCESS: Register once, then login and you are ready to comment. All you need is a Username and a Password of your choosing and you are free to comment whenever you like! Welcome to the Reader Supported News community.

Name:	*
Username:	*
E-mail:	*
Password:	*
Confirm password:	*
Fields marked with an asterisk (*) are required.