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Aug. 10, 2018, 8:35 PM UTC

Kavanaugh Hearing Set for Sept. 4 as Starr Memos Are Released

James Rowley
James Rowley
Bloomberg News
Erik Wasson
Erik Wasson
Bloomberg News

Brett Kavanaugh’s U.S. Supreme Court confirmation hearing will start Sept. 4, the Senate Judiciary Committee said Friday, as documents showed he once argued that President Bill Clinton shouldn’t be indicted while in office and that Congress should have access to evidence in an ongoing investigation.

The hearing is expected to last three or four days, committee Chairman Chuck Grassley said in a statement. The chairman contended the Senate will have “plenty of time” to review emails and other records that are being released on Kavanaugh’s prior work in the White House and for Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr.

Democrats have complained ...

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