Trump Nominee Retreat Foreshadows Kavanaugh Document Fight
- Appellate nominee withdraws amid criticism of college writings
- Democrats say incident shows need for documents on Kavanaugh
Brett Kavanaugh, U.S. Supreme Court associate justice nominee for U.S. President Donald Trump.
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President Donald Trump’s drive to move federal courts in a conservative direction hit a rare setback Thursday, when a Republican senator’s revolt over an appeals court nominee’s controversial college writings led to withdrawal of the nomination.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Thursday called off a planned vote on nominee Ryan Bounds after a GOP-only lunch in which Senator Tim Scott of South Carolina told fellow senators he couldn’t vote for Bounds at this time.