Alisyn Camerota: “The George W. Bush Administration Turned Over 42,000 Pages Of Documents From Kavanaugh’s Time In The Bush White House But Democrats Are Angry About This Timing Because They Say That Doesn’t Give Them Enough Time To Read All Of Those Pages Before The Hearings.” ALISYN CAMEROTA: “While that drama is playing out, confirmation hearings begin in a few hours for president Trump’s supreme court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. Overnight, the George W. Bush administration turned over 42,000 pages of documents from Kavanaugh’s time in the Bush White House but Democrats are angry about this timing because they say that doesn’t give them enough time to read all of those pages before the hearings.” [New Day, CNN, 9/4/18; Video]
Sunlen Serfaty: “The Fight Over Kavanaugh’s Records Intensifying After The Trump White House Decided To Withhold More Than 100,000 Pages Of Documents.” SUNLEN SERFATY: “The fight over Kavanaugh’s records intensifying after the Trump White House decided to withhold more than 100,000 pages of documents over the weekend. citing constitutional privilege.” [New Day, CNN. 9/4/18; Video]
Irin Carmon: “We’re On An Unprecedentedly Fast Schedule With Respect To How Many Documents Are Out There About Kavanaugh And His Time In The Bush Administration.” IRIN CARMON: “But our system is such that there’s no mechanism if you’re in the minority to force this kind of disclosure. We’re on an unprecedentedly fast schedule with respect to how many documents are out there about Kavanaugh and his time in the Bush administration. So the answer is they’re just going to skip it. They’re just going to rush it there’s a lot of questions that we haven’t gotten a chance to ask because the public didn’t really know. And these 42,000 are on top of the 100,000 that the Trump administration has decided to shield from view entirely, including from the committee.” [New Day, CNN, 9/4/18; Video]
Joan Biskupic: “Those Same Kinds Of Memos That Brett Kavanaugh Wrote During His Tenure That Would Correspondent To John Roberts Tenure In The White House Counsel Office Are Not Available At All.” JOAN BISKUPIC: “When there were documents handed over in 2005, they were revealing documents. John Roberts spent many hours having to defend himself against some memos that he wrote when he was in the white house counsel’s office, just as Brett Kavanaugh was in the white house counsel’s office. But John Roberts answered those questions about racial issues, about abortion, about women’s rights. And he survived, was confirmed 78-22, but those same kinds of memos that Brett Kavanaugh wrote during his tenure that would correspondent to John Roberts tenure in the White House counsel office are not available at all.” [New Day, CNN, 9/4/18; Video]
Irin Carmon: “If They Want This Nominee To Be Part Of A Proper Advice And Consent Process, Why Shouldn’t Republicans Also Be Concerned About Seeing This Information. I Mean, Talk About Politicizing The Judiciary.” IRIN CARMON: “It’s interesting that we just sort of assume that Republicans are not going to care about the process as well. You know, if they want this nominee to be part of a proper advice and consent process, why shouldn’t Republicans also be concerned about seeing this information. I mean, talk about politicizing the judiciary. We’re just assuming that this is something that only partisans, only Democrats are going to care about.” [New Day, CNN, 9/4/18; Video]
Joan Biskupic: “The Executive Power Question. Brett Kavanaugh Has Written About Wanting To Protect The President More From Investigations, A Very Salient Question When We Have Special Counsel Robert Mueller Right Now Investigating The Russia Election Interference And Ties To The Trump Campaign.” JOAN BISKUPIC: “The executive power question. Brett Kavanaugh has written about wanting to protect the president more from investigations, a very salient question when we have special counsel Robert Mueller right now investigating the Russia election interference and ties to the Trump campaign. And, you know, so that could be questions of indicting a president, questions of subpoena, questions can a president pardon himself, perhaps, could all be coming to the supreme court.” [New Day, CNN, 9/4/18; Video]
Hallie Jackson: “Some Senators Are Blasting The Trump Administration For Withholding More Than 100,000 Documents Related To Kavanaugh’s Work In The George W. Bush White House Citing Executive Privilege.” JACKSON: “Some senators are blasting the trump administration for withholding more than 100,000 documents related to Kavanaugh’s work in the George W. Bush white house citing executive privilege. A white house spokesperson points out the administration has already turned over more than 400,000 pages of documents, more than the past five nominees combined.” [Today, NBC, 9/4/18; VIDEO]
Joe Scarborough: “The Republicans Have Basically Hidden 150,000 Documents From Democrats.” SCARBOROUGH: “This process is illegitimate. It started illegitimately. As you said, with Merrick Garland. And now Matt Miller, the Republicans have basically hidden 150,000 documents from Democrats that they have been begging for over the past several weeks. No judge in America would allow an opposing side to dump 150,000 documents on another party in a lawsuit.” [Morning Joe, MSNBC, 9/4/18; VIDEO]