Oregon Democratic Senator Jeff Merkley has filed an emergency motion in his lawsuit over Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation vote.
Last week, Merkley filed a motion for an injunction in U.S. District Court, citing a violation of separation of powers. More than 100,000 documents related to the Supreme Court nominee’s tenure with the George W. Bush administration have been withheld, through President Trump’s use of “presidential privilege”.
Merkley says the Senate deserves to see those records before it votes. He says should his action result in the release of those documents, there will be no attempt to delay Kavanaugh’s confirmation.
“It depends all on how the vote is structured, but very limited time to review them," Merkley tells KLCC.
"We’ll have to have teams of people going through those documents, to see what’s in them. And this is the challenge…we’ve had a hostile takeover of the American vision documented in our Constitution.”
Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says he wants to hold a confirmation vote this week.
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