Justice Dept Made Decision To Withhold 100,000 Pages Of Kavanaugh’s Records

September 4, 2018 7:45 am

Brett Kavanaugh 2018 — Judge Brett Kavanaugh, of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, in attendance at Georgia Supreme Court Justice Britt Grants confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Eleventh Circuit, on Wednesday, May 23, 2018.

The Department of Justice (DOJ) said Monday that it had made the decision to withhold over 100,000 pages of records related to Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s time as White House lawyer working for former President George W. Bush.

The Trump administration said it was withholding them on the basis of presidential privilege, according to a letter provided by the White House to The Hill.

“[T]he White House and the Department of Justice have identified certain documents of the type traditionally protected by constitutional privilege,” William Burck, Bush’s lawyer, wrote. “The White House, after consultation with the Department of Justice, has directed that we not provide these documents for this reason.”