Letter to the Honorable Patrick X. Mordente, Brigadier General, Director for the George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum - Judiciary Democrats Officially Request All Kavanaugh Documents from Archives

Letter

Dear General Mordente:

We ask that you provide documents to the Senate Judiciary Committee in connection with President Trump's nomination of Brett M. Kavanaugh to be Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.

Mr. Kavanaugh served as Senior Associate Counsel to President Bush from 2001 to 2003 and as Assistant to the President and Staff Secretary from 2003 to 2006. We request that the documents you identify and provide to the Committee from his service in the White House include the following, consistent with the attached guidelines:

1. Records from Mr. Kavanaugh's service as a Senior Associate Counsel to the President, including all records preserved in his staff files, and those records created by Mr. Kavanaugh that can readily be found in the files of other White House staff members, the White House Counsel's Office files, other White House offices' files, and the Subject Matter Files maintained by the Staff Secretary and/or the White House Office of Records Management;

2. Records from Mr. Kavanaugh's service as Assistant to the President and Staff Secretary, including all records preserved in his staff files, and those records created by Mr. Kavanaugh that can readily be found in the files of other White House staff members, the White House Counsel's Office files, other White House offices' files, and the Subject Matter Files maintained by the Staff Secretary and/or the White House Office of Records Management;

3. Records relating to Mr. Kavanaugh's nomination to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit;

4. All electronic mail sent by or received by Mr. Kavanaugh in his White House tenure, including any documents attached to such emails;

5. To the extent they are not included in response to categories (1) through (4), all records containing documents written by, edited by, prepared in whole or part by, under the supervision of, or at the direction of Mr. Kavanaugh, as well as documents referencing Mr. Kavanaugh by name, initials, or title, and documents received by or sent to him.

If any document is withheld on the basis of any privilege, please include a description and explanation consistent with paragraph (e) of the guidelines. In order to expedite your response to this request, we ask that you produce documents to us on a rolling basis as you identify categories and documents responsive to this request. Please note that documents provided to Congress, in contrast to those released to the public, are not governed by the Freedom of Information Act.

We recognize that reviewing the archives and producing these documents is a significant task, and thank you in advance for your efforts.

Sincerely,