Senate Democrats ask the Archives for all records of Kavanaugh during his years at the White House

Senate Democrats, furious with the Republicans to ask that # A Supreme Party Brett M. Kavanaugh's court-appointed cases, after his tenure at George W. Bush's White House, have been the subject of a large-scale petition demanding that all his paper trail is provided to Congress.

The letter, sent Tuesday to the National Archives, asks for all the Kavanaugh documents of his time as Bush's White House Associate Counselor, as well as his years as Secretary of Personnel. Kavanaugh, who has been appointed to replace incumbent Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, has served two years in the Office of the Legal Counsel and three years as Staff Secretary – a senior position that controls the flow of documents in and out of the office oval.

Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Charles E. Grbadley (R-Iowa) has requested archives only for Kavanaugh's documents since he arrived at the council office because Republicans believe Kavanaugh's documents are irrelevant for him. justice. But Democrats have accused Republicans of falsely concealing a significant part of his White House mandate, which could provide insight into how the candidate advised Bush on several contentious issues that took place during that administration.

"What we need is to have access to documents on important issues like torture, the Enron task force, health care and presidential statements. "said Senator Dianne Feinstein (Calif.), said earlier this week. "These are questions that Kavanaugh has said to have worked on and that are essential to understanding his record."

The 10 Democrats on the Judiciary Committee signed the letter, which was provided to the Washington Post before it was released.

The Democrats also want the National Archives to return documents written by Kavanaugh that can be "easily found" in the records of other officials or White House offices.

But it is unclear to what extent archives can accept Democrats' request, since they are not in the majority in the Senate and do not control the committee. In a letter to Feinstein last week, a senior records official said the power of a committee to make such requests for documents "rests exclusively" on the president.