Democrats protest as U.S. high court nominee's chaotic hearing opens

Record ID: 1354850

  • Title: Democrats protest as U.S. high court nominee's chaotic hearing opens
  • Date: 4th September 2018
  • Summary: WASHINGTON, D.C., UNITED STATES (SEPTEMBER 4, 2018) (UNRESTRICTED POOL - Restrictions: Broadcast: Part No Use USA. No Use CNN. Digital: Part No Use Digital ) JUDGE BRETT KAVANAUGH ENTERING THE HEARING ROOM AND STANDING AT THE HEARING TABLE TO POSE FOR THE MEDIA WIDE OF THE MEDIA STANDING TO TAPE KAVANAUGH SIDE WIDE VIEW OF KAVANAUGH NOW SEATED AND POSING FOR THE MEDIA WIDE
  • Embargoed: 18th September 2018 14:51
  • Keywords: Donald Trump Brett Kavanaugh U.S. Supreme Court Senate confirmation hearings document dump abortion Roe v. Wade
  • Location: WASHINGTON, D.C., UNITED STATES
  • City: WASHINGTON, D.C., UNITED STATES
  • Country: USA
  • Topics: Lawmaking,Government/Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA0018W7PF7R
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: The Senate confirmation hearing for Brett Kavanaugh, President Donald Trump's U.S. Supreme Court pick, opened in chaos on Tuesday (September 4), as Democrats complained about Republicans blocking access to documents stemming from the nominee's previous work in the White House under President George W. Bush.
    News photographers clicked pictures of a smiling Kavanaugh as he entered the hearing room. But moments after Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley opened the hearing, Democrats protested the withholding of the documents and asked to have the proceedings adjourned.
    Several protesters also disrupted the opening of the hearing, with one shouting "this is a travesty of justice."
    Democrats have demanded in vain to see documents relating to the three years Kavanaugh, nominated by Trump for a lifetime job on the top U.S. court, spent as staff secretary to Bush, a job that involved managing paper flow from advisers to the president. Kavanaugh held that job from 2003 to 2006.
    Grassley accused the Democrats of obstruction.
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