New York Times ‘bombshell’ report on Brett Kavanaugh’s leaked emails is more whimper than bang

By Becket Adams

Published September 6, 2018 3:39pm ET

New York Times ‘bombshell’ report on Brett Kavanaugh’s leaked emails is more whimper than bang — President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee, Judge Brett Kavanaugh, officiates at the swearing-in of Judge Britt Grant to take a seat on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2018, at the U.S. District Courthouse in Washington. | (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Journalists and politicos gasped Thursday morning after the New York Times published a leaked 2003 email that Judge Brett Kavanaugh wrote when he served in the Bush administration. Some have gone so far as to characterize the Times scoop as a “bombshell.”