Blumenthal Leads Democratic Opposition At Brett Kavanaugh SCOTUS Hearing
At the outset of Kavanaugh's appearance before the
Who Is
The frequent Trump detractor and target of the president's Twitter barbs was denied by the committee's Republican chairman,
But the exchange left an early impression on a day of bitter partisanship and protests on
They don't have the votes, being in the minority in the
"No administration in the past has engaged in this kind of concealment," Blumenthal said. "It is this administration that has concealed and hidden documents from us and the American people. We need some sunlight in this process."
A number of prominent
Former
Blumenthal was a member of the
"Very disappointed in
Grassley said 488,000 pages of documents related to Kavanaugh have been provided to the committee, which is more than the last five
"I'm not going to entertain any of the motions you're making," Grassley said. "Do you want this to go on all day?"
Blumenthal has already vowed to oppose the confirmation of Kavanaugh, who serves on the
"I will not cast a vote more important than this and suspect few of my colleagues will as well," Blumenthal said. "Part of our job is to be viewing the record of the nominee as thoroughly and deliberately as possible. We can't do that on this nominee."
A former state attorney general who graduated from
"I have fears with what this nominee will do with respect to our rule of law," Blumenthal said. "By law, these documents belong to the American people. They don't belong to
"I'm just sorry to see the
Grassley told Blumenthal that the move by
"This process will be tainted and stained forever," Blumenthal responded. "The chairman has no right to override them by fiat."
Kavanaugh said there's no place for partisanship on the
"Our independent judiciary is the crown jewel of our constitutional republic," Kavanaugh told the committee.
Kavanaugh is scheduled to resume his testimony in the coming days and face direct questions from Blumenthal.
The sniping Tuesday wasn't limited to
"As someone who has served in local and state government for 17 years I've never seen the kind of interruptions as today in #KavanaughConfirmation," Kane posted.
Kane's tweet didn't go unnoticed by
"Don't you have a taxpayer-funded J-O-B you're supposed to be doing during the day??" Occhiogrosso tweeted back.
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