Sen. Cory Booker released 19 more documents related to the Supreme Court nomination of Brett Kavanaugh on Friday evening.
The documents, which the New Jersey Democrat said are “committee confidential,” stem from the D.C. District Court judge’s time as in the White House counsel’s office during the George W. Bush administration.
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We have added 19 new Kavanaugh “committee confidential” documents to the others publicly released yesterday. All docs available here: https://t.co/z6WObX83lc
— Cory Booker (@CoryBooker) September 7, 2018
The 82 pages of emails are from 2002 and 2003, and largely discuss affirmative action and racial preferences in college admissions, a subject Booker quizzed Kavanaugh about Thursday, the second day of questioning in the hearings in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Booker previously released a set of documents he said were marked committee confidential, but that a spokesperson for Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, later said had been cleared for release ahead of Booker’s publishing them. “Committee confidential” means that senators sitting on the Senate Judicial Committee can see them for the confirmation hearings, but the documents can’t be released to the public.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said Thursday the Senate Select Committee on Ethics may look into whether Booker violated any rules in releasing the initial set of documents.
