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FOIA News: Dems threaten to sue NARA for Kavanaugh docs

Dems threaten to sue for Kavanaugh records

By Jordain Carney, The Hill, Aug. 16, 2018

Senate Democrats warned on Thursday that they will sue the National Archives for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s records if their Freedom Of Information Act (FOIA) request fails. 

Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) said Democrats will file a lawsuit to try to get documents, including from Kavanaugh’s time as a staff secretary to President George W. Bush, if they run into roadblocks on the FOIA. 

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