Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said on Thursday he will meet with Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh “next week,” despite a partisan battle over obtaining all of the judge’s lengthy paper trail.
Democrats have largely been resisting the traditional meet-and-greet sessions with Kavanaugh, who was nominated July 9 and is scheduled for a Sept. 4 confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Democrats had been holding out on meeting with Kavanaugh because, they say, the GOP is refusing to turn over all of Kavanaugh’s records from his tenure working for President George W. Bush.
But a trio of red-state Democrats broke with party leaders and met with Kavanaugh.
Sens. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., Heidi Heitkamp, D-N.D., and Joe Donnelly, D-Ind., held private meetings with the nominee while other Democrats told the Washington Examiner they too are arranging meetings this month.
Schumer’s meeting with Kavanaugh appears to be set for Tuesday.
