Letter to Gary Stern, General Counsel for the National Archives and Records Administration - Presidential Records from Judge Bret Kavanaugh's Service at the White House

Letter

Dear Mr. Stern:

I write with regard to this Committee's request pursuant to 44 U.S.C. § 2205(2)(C) for special access to certain Presidential records from Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh's service in the White House from 2001 to 2003. I submitted that request to NARA on July 27, 2018, and you initially responded to that request on August 2, 2018.

I thank you and your NARA colleagues who are working on the Committee's section 2205 request. I understand that NARA has devoted unprecedented resources to that request.

The Committee's section 2205 request did not ask NARA to produce documents in any particular order. The Committee now believes, however, that prioritizing the production of certain documents would best facilitate the Committee's review of Judge Kavanaugh's record. Enclosed with this letter is a manifest of document control numbers. It is the Committee's understanding that these control numbers correspond to certain documents housed within NARA's archives. The Committee requests that you prioritize your review of the documents identified on the enclosed manifest and produce to the Committee any responsive documents identified on that manifest on a rolling basis as soon as possible, consistent with the production procedures set forth in the Committee's section 2205 request. In your production transmittal letter, I ask that you identify specifically any document from the enclosed manifest that is responsive to the Committee's section 2205 request. If none of the documents identified on the enclosed manifest is responsive, please inform the Committee of that fact as soon as your review of those documents is complete. Finally, I ask that you complete the rolling production of responsive documents identified on the enclosed manifest to the Committee no later than August 31, 2018.

I recognize that reviewing the documents identified on the enclosed manifest and producing any responsive records will be a significant task. I also recognize that completing the rest of your response to the Committee's section 2205 request will also be a tremendous undertaking. I thank you in advance for your cooperation and efforts, and in particular for your willingness to prioritize your response to the Committee's section 2205 request in the manner that best facilitates the Committee's review of Judge Kavanaugh's record.

Sincerely,

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