The Daily Caller: Democratic congressional leaders cried foul Friday night when the Trump administration revealed it would withhold some 27,000 records relating to Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s work as a White House lawyer. The announcement . . . . came by way of a letter President George W. Bush’s records representative sent to GOP Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa,
Here is the letter text:
The most significant portion of these documents reflect deliberations and candid advice concerning the selection and nomination of judicial candidates, the confidentiality of which is critical to any president’s ability to carry out this core constitutional executive function. The remaining documents not provided likewise reflect functions within the Executive Office of the President the confidentiality of which has traditionally been considered at the core of a president’s constitutional privileges, including: advice submitted directly to President Bush; substantive communications between White House staff about communications with President Bush; and substantive, deliberative discussions relating to or about executive orders or legislation considered by the Executive Office of the President.
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