Article snippet: Senate Democrats on Thursday pressed Judge Brett Kavanaugh on how he would view potential obstruction of justice or other possible criminal charges against MORE if he were confirmed to the Supreme Court. Kavanaugh appeared to walk back some of his earlier claims that the president should be shielded from investigations while in office, Democratic lawmakers who spoke with the Supreme Court nominee told The Hill. Trump has faced heightened legal scrutiny this week after his former longtime lawyer Michael Cohen told a judge that Trump directed him to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars in hush money involving two women, in violation of campaign finance law. Senate Democrats say that Kavanaugh's handling of any case against Trump that could potentially come before the Supreme Court will take center stage when the nominee's confirmation hearings begin after Labor Day. Democrats who interviewed Kavanaugh on Thursday said he softened his position on whether the president would have to comply with a subpoena or sit for a deposition, but said the nominee refused to recuse himself from future legal matters involving Trump. As legal scrutiny of Trump has mounted, Democrats have shifted some of their focus on Kavanaugh from how he might rule on issues such as the Affordable Care Act and Roe v. Wade to how he might decide a case brought against the president. “I did pursue statements that he made about whether incumbent presidents should be subpoenaed, indicted, investigate... Link to the full article to read more