Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) must have thought he had Supreme Court Nominee Brett Kavanaugh over a barrel Wednesday when he began asking him about “stolen” memos. But in doing so, Leahy has reminded people that Democrats have long sought to impede Republican judicial nominees — sometimes for racist reasons.
Leahy tried to set a trap for Kavanaugh through his leading questions and claims of having evidence that contradicts the nominee’s testimony from a decade ago. Leahy brought up a forgotten incident known as “Memogate” from 2003, in which a GOP staffer noticed that Democrats on the Judiciary Committee hadn’t secured their server from Republicans. The staffer exploited this and turned over documents to Republican groups.
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