1. According to @ChuckGrassley, the Democrats submitted 1,278 written questions, "a number he said was higher than the combined total questions submitted for every other Supreme Court nominee." https://ti.me/2QkpF61 by @aabramson
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2. On the Fred Guttenberg encounter: “In that split second, I unfortunately did not realize [who he was]. Mr. Guttenberg has suffered an incalculable loss. If I had known who he was, I would have shaken his hand, talked to him, & expressed my sympathy.”
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3. On using the term “abortion-inducing drugs”: "At the hearing, I was not expressing an opinion on whether particular drugs induce abortion; I used that phrase only to accurately recount the plaintiffs’ own assertions."
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4. On the Nationals tickets debt: "Everyone in the group paid me for their tickets based on the cost of the tickets, to the dollar. No one overpaid or underpaid me for tickets. No loans were given in either direction.” https://wapo.st/2N5YwFX by
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5. On his personal finances, including debts of $60K-$200K: "Kavanaugh signaled that his debt at the time was far lower than $200K... 'not close to the top of the ranges' he reported on the financial disclosures."
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6. On contacts with President Trump: Trump has called him twice to “offer words of encouragement... [but] at no time did he ask for any promise or representation as to how I would rule in any case, and at no time did I offer any commitments.”
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7. On possibly serving as solicitor general: yes he spoke with
@JeffSessions about it, but "I ultimately decided that I wanted to remain a judge." Kavanaugh was the "prominent federal judge" I alluded to back in this Jan. 2017 post: http://bit.ly/2OeXrYS .Show this thread -
8. On the matter of gambling and possible gambling debt (raised by
@SenWhitehouse): "Kavanaugh wrote in his responses that he has never reported a gambling loss to the Internal Revenue Service or accrued gambling debt."Show this thread -
9. You can find the full responses, posted by
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10. Upshot: some interesting tidbits for
#SCOTUS nerds &#appellatetwitter types, but nothing that will create problems for a#KavanaughConfirmation. If anything, the responses help Judge#Kavanaugh by allowing him to clear up some issues.Show this thread
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