Sen. Cory Booker releases more confidential records about Kavanaugh

Cory Booker.
(Image credit: Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) on Wednesday night released 28 new documents about Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh that were deemed "committee confidential" by Senate Judiciary Committee Republicans.

These documents are from Kavanaugh's stint in the White House counsel's office under former President George W. Bush. The documents show Kavanaugh's involvement in Bush's nomination of Charles Pickering to an appellate court in the South, The Associated Press reports. Pickering was a controversial pick accused of being racially insensitive; after the Senate blocked his nomination, Bush appointed him during a recess.

Subscribe to The Week

Escape your echo chamber. Get the facts behind the news, plus analysis from multiple perspectives.

SUBSCRIBE & SAVE
https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/flexiimages/jacafc5zvs1692883516.jpg

Sign up for The Week's Free Newsletters

From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.

From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.

Sign up
To continue reading this article...
Continue reading this article and get limited website access each month.
Get unlimited website access, exclusive newsletters plus much more.
Cancel or pause at any time.
Already a subscriber to The Week?
Not sure which email you used for your subscription? Contact us
Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia is night editor for TheWeek.com. Her writing and reporting has appeared in Entertainment Weekly and EW.com, The New York Times, The Book of Jezebel, and other publications. A Southern California native, Catherine is a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.