Earlier today there was a dust-up in the Senate Judiciary Committee before the Kavanaugh confirmation hearing started up over the release of “committee confidential” emails. Cory Booker threatened to violate committee rules and release confidential emails with the hopes of stopping Kavanaugh over alleged racial profiling when he was with the Bush admin. The new Senator was willing to accept the consequences for breaking the rules including expulsion from the Senate.
Chuck Grassley and John Cornyn were not amused and more or less called Booker’s bluff.
Following this exchange Booker in fact released the emails…
These are the 4 documents marked committee confidential that I brought up in my questioning of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh last night –> https://t.co/2RZkY2FS9a— Cory Booker (@CoryBooker) September 6, 2018
… where many, including yours truly, were calling for Booker to be expelled.
— SavingtheRepublic ☠️🇺🇸 (@BMartin1776) September 6, 2018
So what do you want to know first?
That the alleged smoking-gun email actually exonerated Kavanaugh, where he expressed opposition to racial profiling following 9/11?
Or, how the Bill Burke, who is tasked from the Bush admin on what documents can and can’t be seen, reviewed said documents/ emails last night and gave the green light to use them?
NEW statement from Bill Burck, GWB’s records representative who led the review of Kavanaugh’s records pic.twitter.com/6MQSbgB1ub
— Seung Min Kim (@seungminkim) September 6, 2018
Or, that Booker/ his office was notified approx around 5am this morning they could use them?!
Senate Judiciary Committee staffers tell our @GriffJenkins that the documents SenBooker released today were already agreed to and cleared late LAST NIGHT. Not clear exactly which senators knew that before Booker publicly announced he was willing to violate policy and release.— Shannon Bream (@ShannonBream) September 6, 2018
So, now we’re being told (by Committee staffers) that SenBooker knew BEFORE he made these statements – that the documents in question had already been cleared for release. That’s a significant claim to make, so I’ve asked his office directly. Will update if/when I get response. https://t.co/lNxx3wEVCZ— Shannon Bream (@ShannonBream) September 6, 2018
Yes, that’s right America the circus show put on this morning, that helped drive more divide in this country (some were calling Booker a hero for what he did!) was over NOTHING, but a LIE from one of the worst, most unhinged sitting US Senators. What Booker did was acting for the camera, for his perceived 2020 Presidential run and of course carrying out Chuck Schumer’s orders to obstruct and disrupt the Kavanaugh confirmation hearing!