[ONE MORE UPDATE] – Cory Booker vows to release confidential records in Kavanaugh hearing, but Mike Lee explains why that’s just ridiculous!

by The Right Scoop

The Democrats are doing as much as possible to obstruct in this nomination hearing for Brett Kavanaugh, with the latest table pounding being from Cory Booker who is vowing to release confidential records that are protected by presidential privilege.

FOX NEWS – The third day of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearing opened with fireworks, as New Jersey Democratic Sen. Cory Booker vowed to release a confidential Kavanaugh email in violation of Senate rules as an act of “civil disobedience,” drawing condemnation from the Republicans on the committee.

“I am going to release the e-mail about racial profiling and I understand that the penalty comes with potential ousting from the Senate,” Booker said.

The New Jersey Democrat said he would “knowingly” violate the Senate rules to release the email.

A day earlier, in a dramatic exchange, Booker implied Kavanaugh had been open to racial profiling tactics, citing an email exchange between Kavanaugh and a colleague. However, Booker did not provide Kavanaugh a copy of the emails to review while questioning him about it, prompting another objection from Lee, who charged that it was inappropriate to “cross-examine” Kavanaugh about documents that he “can’t see.”

Booker said Thursady he would release it anyway, saying the document is a “great illustration of the absurdity of the process” because there’s nothing in it that’s “national security-related.”

Top Republicans mocked and denounced Booker, thought to be considering a 2020 campaign for president, for the move.

“Running for president is no excuse for violating the rules of the Senate or of confidentiality of the documents that we are privy to,” Texas Sen. John Cornyn told Booker.

I have a few highlights of the back and forth that I want you to hear.

First, here is Booker threatening to release the confidential documents and Sen Cornyn accusing him of theatrics because he wants to run for president:

Sen Mike Lee responds to Booker, explaining that the privilege keeping these records confidential belongs to the president:

Booker responds with the same stuff you’ve already heard, basically daring the Senate to oust him so he can become a martyr.

Sen. Lee then responds again, as diplomatically as possible, to explain once again just how ridiculous all of this is:

 
UPDATE:

Ed Morrissey has read the papers and said they aren’t what Booker claims they are:


Of course.

 
UPDATE 2:

One more update…


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