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The Daily

The Kavanaugh Documents

The Daily

The New York Times

Daily News, News

4.4102.8K Ratings

🗓️ 7 September 2018

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

All week, Senate Democrats have furiously protested the decision by Republicans to protect thousands of documents related to Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh, President Trump’s nominee to the Supreme Court. On the third day of his confirmation hearings, that fury came to a head. Guest: Adam Liptak, who covers the Supreme Court for The New York Times. For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily.

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0:00.0

From the New York Times on Michael Barbaro, this is the Daily.

0:04.0

Today, all we Senate Democrats have furiously protested the decision by Republicans to protect

0:19.0

thousands of documents related to Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.

0:24.8

From the third day of his hearing, that fury came to a head.

0:31.8

It's Friday, September 7th.

0:43.8

Adam Liptec, documents have dominated this week of Senate confirmation hearings for Brett

0:49.5

Kavanaugh.

0:50.5

The documents that haven't been made available, documents that have been made available,

0:55.0

but at the last minute, documents that the senators have looked at but aren't actually

0:59.6

allowed to talk about how is it that documents became so central to this confirmation hearing?

1:10.4

Well happening tomorrow, President Trump will be announcing his next nominee for the Supreme

1:14.6

Court.

1:15.6

Even as President Trump was choosing among the four finalists for the job.

1:19.7

On the president's short list of potential Supreme Court nominees, Judge Brett Kavanaugh,

1:24.8

critics of Kavanaugh suggests he's been part of the establishment for too long.

1:29.0

People were warning him that a negative, a downside of choosing Judge Brett Kavanaugh,

1:34.2

was that there were literally millions of documents.

1:36.7

Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation, it could get slowed down if senators want to review his

1:40.8

lengthy record as a judge, as well as all the presidential documents that would have crossed

1:45.2

his desk when he worked for President George W. Bush.

1:48.1

Judge Kavanaugh served in the Bush White House for five years, two years in the White House

1:51.7

Council's office, about three years as staff secretary.

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