By registering, you agree to receive POLITICO newsletters or alerts. Brett Kavanaugh has spent 5 years at the Bush White House, he has undoubtedly sent tens of thousands of emails, all public records, and Democrats and the media should require that they be published online. Elena Kagan's emails were "former Obama spokesman, Tommy Vietor wrote on Twitter Monday night." It is unlikely that the Federalist Society had access to these documents during the outsourced control process, which means that there may be revelations. "
The volume of documents in question will likely slow down confirmation hearings."
Questioned Monday on the The idea that archivists might examine a million pages of documents in the next month, former National Archives official Sharon Fawcett said: "Not possible." Fawcett, a former director of the division of presidential libraries, said the only way to handle this type of volume would be to "prioritize" certain subsets of records.
"Staff will probably work seven days a week for C & # 39; is a eno work and the Archives will take it very seriously … Without a doubt, the work has already started, "she said.
Assuming that all Kavanaugh's documents will not be ready before his hearing, a key question will be asked. to be who decides who are released.
"The due diligence duties of the legislature come into play," said a former member of the judiciary staff of the Democratic Senate. "If I'm a senator, I'm not going to say," Do not worry about that kind of thing that he's relying on "I do not buy it. [But] Republicans will say that they I have published more pages than any nominee in history … They will take this point of discussion and run with it. "
The former help, who has asked not to be named, said that Democrats will likely attempt the historical interest of the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee Chuck Grassley for transparency issues and the Freedom of Information Act in order to s & d Ensure that Senators have strong access to Kavanaugh's record
. Records related to Kavanaugh and what efforts are being made to prepare them for release. Legally, Trump and Bush are entitled to more than two months notice prior to the publication of the records, but they may waive these rights.
A Bush spokesman said Monday night that the former president has pledged to provide senators with the documents they need. about Kavanaugh. "President Bush has asked his team to work with the Administration of Archives and National Archives and the George W. Bush Presidential Library to quickly review and provide the relevant documents to the Senate Judiciary Committee," said Freddy. Ford, spokesman for Bush. ] In addition to the records of the Bush White House, senators should also seek access to approximately 20,000 pages of documents that Kavanaugh has collected while he was working as a prosecutor for the independent lawyer of Whitewater Kenneth Starr
. Few pages made public a few years ago give an idea of what White House lawyers, journalists and Senate assistants will search.
The National Archives sent POLITICO a few documents on Monday that were apparently disclosed. the apparent suicide of Clinton White House lawyer Vince Foster in 1993, one of the issues that Starr investigated.
and notes in Kavanaugh Records document an interview with Sgt. John Rolla of Park Police, who responded to the scene where Foster's body was found in Fort Marcy Park, along the boardwalk of George Washington
Wet blood on the face. Not a lot of rigor. The blood begins to freeze, "say the handwritten notes. When the body rolls, still flabby … May not be dead so long …. Blood puddle c / head of the size of the hands …. Reached behind the head &
Also in Kavanaugh's records : receipts for Foster's two-night stay at the Tidewater Inn on the East Coast of Maryland a few days before his death. Decoy Lounge and its intensive use of its room phone to make calls in a time before the ubiquitous presence of cell phones.
Kavanaugh's record boxes also include a testimony from the White House advisor Bernard Nussbaum, a grand jury, about a call from Susan Thomases, Clinton's counselor, the day after the death of Foster, but the call was the subject of an investigation by congressional Republicans. Whi
A broader index of Kavanaugh's records shows still unpublished records containing memos about "perjury (obstruction / misrepresentation)," shredding records by the former Hillary Clinton law firm, indictment the secret questions of the grand jury relating to the interview of President Bill Clinton on the death of Foster and a conspiracy theory at the time known as the case INSLAW
Some Republicans who are worried about Trump Kavanaugh's appointment to the Supreme Court Trump him and Trump in an embarrassing place by giving the Democrats bread to ask questions about the parallels between Clinton's alleged misdeeds and Trump's accusations has lied to the public and hinders justice.
The publicly available list of Kavanaugh's records does not suggest that there will be much documentation of any media interaction, but after Trump's announcement Monday night, a prominent forestry reporter "While & # 39; 39, who was working for Ken Starr in 1998, [Kavanaugh] routinely bypassed or violated Rule 6 (e) of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure by disclosing details of Lewinsky's investigation.The Mueller team obey the law; Starr did not do it, "wrote author and columnist for Daily Beast Jonathan Alter on Twitter." The reporters did not demolish Brett because they have benefited. Last year, the Department of Justice sent more than 144,000 pages of documents relating to Judge Neil Gorsuch to the Senate. In 2005, when Bush appointed John Roberts to the position of Chief Justice, the Archives Managers published more than 70,000 pages of documents that he drafted while he was a lawyer at the presidency. The Ronald Reagan White House and the Department of Justice. His appointment was announced on July 19th and confirmation hearings began on September 12th. It was confirmed on September 29th.
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