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    1. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Aug 31

      And that appeared to have been McConnell’s position the weekend before Kavanaugh’s nomination. Overnight, it disappeared, and, fast-forward, here we are: The weekend before the confirmation hearing is to begin and we lack access to hundreds of thousands of his documents.

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    2. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Aug 31

      NYT, before nom: “The number of pages is said to run into the millions, which Mr. McConnell fears could hand Senate Democrats an opportunity to delay the confirmation vote ...” AP, tonight: “In all, 267,000 pages of Kavanaugh documents from his Bush years are being made public.”

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    3. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Aug 31

      That we have gone from that argument on July 7 — https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nytimes.com/2018/07/07/us/politics/trump-mcconnell-supreme-court.amp.html … — to this reality less than two months later is as aggressive a position as McConnell and Grassley’s move in 2016 to block movement on Garland’s nomination. And everyone should understand that.

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    4. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Aug 31

      Unlike in 2016 — when McConnell and Grassley owned their blockade of Garland, to their ultimate political advantage — in 2018 they’re not doing so at all, instead trying to ignore it by having Grassley just claim that what they’re doing is not what they’re doing.

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    5. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Aug 31

      </fin>

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    6. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Aug 31

      Postscript: The reason I included Trump in the first tweet in the thread is that the AP story is saying that Trump is withholding papers from the GWB White House of his own SCOTUS nominee from being released. More from @EricColumbus here —>https://apnews.com/70b1f649aad7404baa11949b50d715c6 …

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    7. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Aug 31

      BREAKING: I've got much more here on the 100,000 pages+ of Brett Kavanaugh's records that are being withheld by direction of the Trump administration —> https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/chrisgeidner/the-trump-administration-is-keeping-100000-pages-of-brett …pic.twitter.com/iEVDlhUwLk

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    8. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Aug 31

      BIG: The Trump Administration Is Keeping 100,000 Pages Of Brett Kavanaugh's Records Secret https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/chrisgeidner/the-trump-administration-is-keeping-100000-pages-of-brett … ... Here's the description of why documents are being withheld under executive privilege —>pic.twitter.com/QtFSMe3D6L

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    9. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Aug 31

      Here's what happened to the documents (that an outside vendor decided weren't duplicates) turned over by NARA to GWB lawyers to review (and remember this is ONLY from Kavanaugh's time in the counsel's office): https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/chrisgeidner/the-trump-administration-is-keeping-100000-pages-of-brett … —>pic.twitter.com/nmoszkKo1v

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    10. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Aug 31

      I just added the full letter here, so please share —> The Trump Administration Is Keeping 100,000 Pages Of Brett Kavanaugh's Records Secret: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/chrisgeidner/the-trump-administration-is-keeping-100000-pages-of-brett …pic.twitter.com/Nl87gf6LAq

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      Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Aug 31

      Senate Dem Leader Chuck Schumer calls the Trump-hidden Kavanaugh documents — https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/chrisgeidner/the-trump-administration-is-keeping-100000-pages-of-brett … — a “Friday night document massacre” and says “it has all the makings of a cover up” in a statement provided to @BuzzFeedNews:pic.twitter.com/gXJbQZOQ8Z

      10:42 PM - 31 Aug 2018
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        2. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Sep 2

          Chris Geidner Retweeted Chris Geidner

          More from me tonight on the big-picture look at the fight over Kavanaugh's documents and how Republicans have been taking whatever steps they can to minimize the number of documents going out and to quickly move out the ones that are going out —>https://twitter.com/chrisgeidner/status/1036459754149896192 …

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          Chris GeidnerVerified account @chrisgeidner
          Republicans Are Fighting To Keep Brett Kavanaugh's Documents From Holding Up His Supreme Court Nomination https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/chrisgeidner/brett-kavanaugh-document-fight-executive-privilege …
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        3. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Sep 3

          Chris Geidner Retweeted Chris Geidner

          Another night, another story on the 100,000+ pages of Kavanuagh documents that no one is going to get to see. Tonight, DOJ acknowledged that it made the call on which docs to withhold.https://twitter.com/chrisgeidner/status/1036820727301898242 …

          Chris Geidner added,

          Chris GeidnerVerified account @chrisgeidner
          My latest on the Kavanaugh docs —> The Justice Department Was Behind The Decision To Keep 100,000 Pages Of Kavanaugh’s Record Secret https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/chrisgeidner/doj-kavanaugh-records-privilege-tagging …
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        2. Hamed Aleaziz‏Verified account @Haleaziz Aug 31
          Replying to @chrisgeidner @BuzzFeedNews

          Omg, Chris. It’s 2 am. You’re a beast man!

          1 reply 0 retweets 7 likes
        3. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Aug 31
          Replying to @Haleaziz @BuzzFeedNews

          Don’t worry, @passantino has me working still on another story! 😂😵🌚

          1 reply 0 retweets 11 likes
        4. Jon Passantino‏Verified account @passantino Aug 31
          Replying to @chrisgeidner @Haleaziz @BuzzFeedNews

          only 11 in LA! the night is young, guys

          0 replies 0 retweets 11 likes
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        2. 𝘿𝙖𝙫𝙞𝙙 𝘾𝙡𝙤𝙪𝙨𝙚𝙧‏ @drc573 Sep 1
          Replying to @chrisgeidner @BuzzFeedNews

          Further proof that the @GOP does not work in 'Good Faith', nor do they follow rules. It's long past the time for the Dems to play the game with the same hardball rules.

          1 reply 2 retweets 16 likes
        3. Roger Newsom‏ @newsom_roger Sep 1
          Replying to @drc573 @chrisgeidner and

          Long past time

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        1. Cloudydays16‏ @cloudydays1971 Sep 1
          Replying to @chrisgeidner @BuzzFeedNews

          I don’t get how approving a lifetime appointment on 6% of the documents is ok. To me it looks like a Trump fix to stop an Impeachment. I could be wrong but everything points to that result.

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        2. Marcia‏ @marciathinks Sep 1
          Replying to @chrisgeidner @BuzzFeedNews

          Is there nothing Democrats can do? I’m so fucking sick of cheating Republican Senators. This is bullshit and McConnell and Grassley need a beating.

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        2. Rainier Wolfcastle‏ @r_wolfcastle Aug 31
          Replying to @chrisgeidner @BuzzFeedNews

          Yes, but what will Schumer DO about it? Fast-track the confirmations of more illegitimate Trump judges? Continue to refuse to use every weapon he has to fight Kavanaugh? Schumer is a paper tiger at best.

          2 replies 2 retweets 5 likes
        3. Rosie Lane‏ @BlueWaveNov6 Aug 31
          Replying to @r_wolfcastle @chrisgeidner @BuzzFeedNews

          What weapon does he have?

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        4. Rainier Wolfcastle‏ @r_wolfcastle Sep 1
          Replying to @BlueWaveNov6 @chrisgeidner @BuzzFeedNews

          Now that McCain is dead, holding out all 49 non-GOP Senators isn’t enough. He needs to buy or blackmail 1 GOP Senator. He could, for example, convince a retiring Senator like Corker and/or Flake.

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        5. ernest lamonica‏ @ErnestLamonica Sep 1
          Replying to @r_wolfcastle @BlueWaveNov6 and

          Flake already is a yes vote.

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        6. Rosie Lane‏ @BlueWaveNov6 Sep 1
          Replying to @ErnestLamonica @r_wolfcastle and

          I'm sure that if Schumer could convince one just ONE GOP Senator to vote no - or just postpone until all the information is available - he would.

          1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes
        7. ernest lamonica‏ @ErnestLamonica Sep 1
          Replying to @BlueWaveNov6 @r_wolfcastle and

          Hopefully. All GOP wants to overturn Roe v Wade so it's a tough one.

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        8. Rosie Lane‏ @BlueWaveNov6 Sep 1
          Replying to @ErnestLamonica @r_wolfcastle and

          They'll find another to overturn Roe vs. Wade, but Kavanaugh is also set up to be Trump's get out of jail free card.

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        2. mark smith-bingham‏ @jakalpimp Sep 1
          Replying to @chrisgeidner @WorkInProcess67 @BuzzFeedNews

          "The makings of a cover-up..."? It already is a fucking cover-up!!! Kavanaugh's entire records must be released before any confirmation. Chump's DESPERATE to get him in place before the MidTerms - his last, sad attempt to get off, scott-free. As if.

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        1. Arse Biscuits!‏ @biscuitsarse Sep 1
          Replying to @chrisgeidner @MaxAction007 @BuzzFeedNews

          Congressional Democrats need to walk out of the Capital building and not go back in until ALL. REPUBLICANS. HAVE. BEEN. (FORCIBLY.) REMOVED. AND. INDIVIDUALLY. DETERMINED. BY. AUTHORITIES. TO. NOT. BE. RUSSIAN. ASSETS.

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