WASHINGTON ¨C Senate Democrats criticized the withholding of documents ahead of Tuesday¡¯s start of confirmation hearings for President Donald Trump¡¯s Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, even as a top Republican predicted he would be approved by a healthy margin.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York said in a tweet that the decision to hold back more than 100,000 pages of documents from Kavanaugh¡¯s work in President George W. Bush¡¯s administration was unprecedented for nominees and ¡°has all the makings of a cover up.¡± Dick Durbin of Illinois, the No. 2 Senate Democrat, said only 6 percent of material requested will be released ¡°if we are lucky.¡±
¡°If he¡¯s so proud of his conservative credentials, show us the record, stand before us, trust the American people and they will trust you,¡± Durbin said on ¡°Fox News Sunday.¡±
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