Senate Judiciary Dems push GOP to delay Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearing

Published August 24, 2018 5:55pm ET



Every Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee is pushing committee Chairman Chuck Grassley to postpone Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearing, partly over the possibility of legal action against President Trump after this week’s conviction of President Trump’s former campaign chairman and guilty plea from his ex-lawyer.

“[T]here is no legitimate reason for the Senate to rush this nomination and fail to perform its constitutional duty,” the panel’s 10 Democrats wrote in a letter to Grassley, R-Iowa, on Friday. “This is especially true, when the president, who faces significant legal jeopardy, chose the one candidate who has consistently and clearly expressed doubt as to whether a sitting president can be investigated or indicted for criminal wrongdoing.”

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