GOP pushes for ethics investigation into Kavanaugh 'antics' of Democrats
by Susan Ferrechio
| October 10, 2018 12:00 AM
Senate Republicans are pushing for the Ethics Committee to examine the tactics Democrats employed in their effort to keep Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh off the bench.
“I have a lot of questions and I certainly think we need to get to the bottom of some of the antics that were used,†Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn, R-Texas, said Monday. Cornyn said the six-member, bipartisan Senate Ethics Committee or the 21-member Judiciary Committee could be employed to conduct the probe.
Republicans believe Democrats broke the rules governing the nomination process in several ways and as a result provoked a divisive and contentious nomination battle.
“Obviously if that becomes the new norm, I think that doesn’t bode well for the Senate and for the nominations process,†Cornyn said. “So I’d support getting to the bottom of that.â€
On Monday during a ceremonial swearing in ceremony, President Trump apologized to Kavanaugh for “a campaign of political and personal destruction based on lies and deception.â€
Republicans believe Democrats were to blame. They want to know how Christine Blasey Ford’s letter to Senate Judiciary Committee ranking member Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., ended up in the hands of a reporter despite her request that her explosive sexual misconduct allegation against Kavanaugh be kept private.
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