Schumer demands Senate postpone Kavanaugh hearing after Cohen pleads guilty

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Schumer demands Senate postpone Kavanaugh hearing after Cohen pleads guilty
by Melissa Quinn
 | August 22, 2018 11:34 AM



The Senate’s top Democrat on Wednesday called for the Senate Judiciary Committee to postpone its consideration of Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court, citing the bombshell guilty plea from Michael Cohen, President Trump’s longtime personal attorney.

“The president, identified as an unidentified co-conspirator of a federal crime, an accusation made not by a political enemy but by the closest of his own confidants, is on the verge of making a lifetime appointment to the Supreme Court, a court that may some day soon determine the extent of the president’s legal jeopardy,” Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said on the Senate floor. “In my view, the Senate Judiciary Committee should immediately pause the consideration of the Kavanaugh nomination.”

Kavanaugh is expected to appear before the Judiciary Committee for his confirmation hearing Sept. 4, when members’ will question Trump's nominee to the Supreme Court nominee over four days.

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[Applewood]

I wasn't aware that Trump was identified as a co-conspirator in any way, shape, or form, at least not yet.  So what does Cohen's guilty plea have to do with confirmation hearings for Judge Kavanaugh?

Once again, Schumer, like typical politicians from both parties, is blowing smoke out of his backside.