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Article snippet: Brett Kavanaugh’s unusually lengthy paper trail and the president’s power to keep some documents confidential could become a flashpoint in Senate Democratic efforts to thoroughly vet the Supreme Court nominee. Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee are signaling they are ready to do battle over any attempt by the Trump administration to keep certain documents under wraps. ADVERTISEMENT And there are tens of thousands of items to go through. Documents relating to the four years Kavanaugh spent working with independent counsel Kenneth Starr are with the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) in Maryland, while records relating to Kavanaugh’s time in the White House counsel’s office and as staff secretary are at the George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum in Dallas and administered by the National Archives. An NARA spokeswoman told The Hill that there are eight boxes of documents totaling about 20,000 pages of attorney work files on Kavanaugh that have not yet been made public. Meanwhile, Department of Justice spokeswoman Sarah Isgur Flores said any documents related to Kavanaugh’s time in the executive branch could be requested by the Senate Judiciary Committee but would need to be reviewed by the Justice Department for privileged records before being turned over to lawmakers. Sen. MORE (D-Calif.), the panel’s ranking member, said Thursday that all documents should be turned over to the committee. “This is going to be my 10th Supreme Cour... Link to the full article to read more