Senate Judiciary Committee Democrats File Freedom of Information Act Request for Kavanaugh Documents
In the absence of action by Senate Judiciary Committee Republicans to seek the full scope of documents necessary to properly consider
In addition to Feinstein and Blumenthal, the
"This extraordinary step is a last resort-- unprecedented and unfortunate but necessary to fully and fairly review
"While I remain hopeful the Archivist will reverse course and provide the documents we've requested, I'm joining this additional request for documents under the Freedom of Information Act because it may be the only way to get the records we need to fully vet
"I have been here for 19
"The American people expect the
"When Democratic senators have to resort to a government transparency statute to get the information needed to carry out our constitutional advice-and-consent duties, it means that Republican senators really don't want Americans to see what's in Kavanaugh's files," said Whitehouse. "As he proved with his brazen blockade of
"The next member of the
"No Senator should vote on a
"Chairman Grassley's shameful, partisan decision to keep us from examining
"As members of the
In a break with long-held norms, Chairman Grassley struck a deal to allow Republican lawyers to pre-screen Kavanaugh's
Chairman Grassley then sent a severely limited request to the National Archives for a small portion of Kavanaugh's documents and refused to request documents that would shed light on Kavanaugh's entire record as a
Finally, when
The text of the Senators'
Mr.
General Counsel and Chief FOIA Officer
Dear Mr. Stern,
Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. * 552, and the
Requested Records
We request that the
1. Records from
2. Records from
3. Records relating to
4. All electronic mail to, from, carbon copying (cc'ing), or blind carbon copying (bcc'ing)
5. To the extent they are not included in response to categories (1) through (4), all records containing documents written by, edited by, prepared in whole or part by, under the supervision of, or at the direction of
As you know, the Presidential Records Act requires that Presidential records of former Presidents be made available to
Further,
In order to fulfill our constitutional duty to advise the President on the nomination of
If it is your position that any of the requested documents are exempted from disclosure requirements, we request that you provide a Vaughn index as required by Vaughn v. Rosen, 484 F. 2d 820 (
Request for Expedited Processing
Given the recent announcement regarding
As you know, the
The consideration of a nominee to a lifetime appointment on the
We expect a decision regarding our request for expedited processing within 10 calendar days, as required by 36 C.F.R. * 1250.28(d).
Request for Fee Waiver
Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. * 552(a)(4)(A)(iii) and 36 C.F.R. * 1250.56(a)(1)-(2), we request a waiver of all fees associated with processing this records request. Disclosure of the records we request is in the public interest because, for the reasons stated above, they are likely to contribute significantly to public understanding of government operations and activities surrounding both
Disclosure of these records is in no way associated with any commercial interest of ours. Rather, we are requesting these documents to fulfill our constitutional duties as Senators, which require us to have a full and complete understanding of
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