for. the way this process has been handled, the lack of transparency, the haste, leaves one, i think, quite reasonably to wonder what is it they re hiding? and to the extent we have had a glimpse of some of the so-called committee confidential documents, it gives you the sense that what they re hiding are views that are outside the legal mainstream. and if they are views that are outside the legal mainstream, this is a nominee who should not be on the court. so, you know, what is this about? what really is this about? is this about a highly qualified nominee or is this about engineering another result? is this about the hard right, the radical right that has captured the republican party, trying to now engineer legal results, engineer interpretations of the constitution? how worried are you about the transformation of the court and
finished, i m going to release the e-mail about racial profiling, and i understand that that the penalty comes with potential ousting from the senate. i m saying right now that i m releasing committee confidential documents. this is about the closest i ll probably ever have in my life to an i am spart kus moment. any senator who releases confidential proceeding of the senate, including the business and proceedings of committees, subcommittees and offices shall be liable if a senator to suffer expulsion from the body. bring it. bring it. so i would correct the senator s statement. there is no rule. there is clearly a rule that applies. then apply the rule and bring the charges. bring it. mr. chairman the i am spart kus moment came when his democratic colleagues publically joined in his defiance of the committee rules, which completely
i m saying right now that i m releasing committee confidential documents. this is about the closest i ll probably ever have in my life to an i am spart kus moment. any senator who releases confidential proceeding of the senate, including the business and proceedings of committees, subcommittees and offices shall be liable if a senator to suffer expulsion from the body. bring it. bring it. so i would correct the senator s statement. there is no rule. there is clearly a rule that applies. then apply the rule and bring the charges. bring it. mr. chairman the i am spart kus moment came when his democratic colleagues publically joined in his defiance of the committee rules, which completely eliminated senator s already totally empty threat of a possibly disciplinary act. he got the kind of questions we
through this before me and my colleagues can even read and digest the information. and i can i ask you how long you are going to say the same thing three or four times? sir, i m saying how long do you want? i m saying i m knowingly violating the rules. how many times you going to tell us that? i m saying right now, that i m releasing committee confidential documents. mr. chairman, since the senator invoked my name, i insist on an opportunity to respond. i did not mention his name. he mentioned my name. he is right. running for president is no excuse for violating the rules of the senate or of confidentiality of a document that we are privy to. this is no different from the senator deciding to release classified information that is deemed classified by the executive branch because you happen to disagree with the classification decision. that is irresponsible and outrageous.
why not release the documents and some never made public if the republicans get their way. john cornyn, number two in the leadership, also a key member of the committee making the case this is not about brett kavanaugh. running for president is no excuse for violating the rules of the senate or of confidentiality of a documents that we are privy to. talking about the public right to know. you want to give up your e-mails right now? make them public. i don t think you do. we try a lot to separate issue a from issue b. it s anger at president trump. it s desire for its members to stop anything the president wants to do regardless. and with the fact that every day we get closer to the 2018 midterms and the 2020 presidential election. corey booker might run. yeah. look. obviously part of it. and over acting if i may say so is part of that. over acting?