Chris Coons Won’t Rule Out Cory Booker Appearing Before Ethics Committee for Releasing Kavanaugh Documents

Following Sen. Cory Booker‘s (D-NJ) release of documents on Judge Brett Kavanaugh at the start of confirmation hearings for the SCOTUS nominee, Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE) wouldn’t rule out the possibility his colleague would face consequences.

During a Fox News Sunday interview, Coons refused to say whether Booker would be required to meet with the Senate Ethics Committee, suggesting the document dump might have come at a price.

“I have to be careful what I say here because I’m the vice chairman of the Ethics Committee and in that role I can’t comment on anything that may or may not come before the Ethics Committee,” Coons told the network’s Chris Wallace, adding that there was a “dispute” on the committee over Booker’s actions.

“I do think this was an unprecedented process in which significant amounts, the overwhelming majority of the documents relevant to Judge Kavanaugh’s service in the Bush administration as staff secretary were blocked from review by the committee,” Coons said. “And there was a strong disagreement between the majority and the minority…overall I agree with that concern.”

However, Coons also noted he couldn’t say whether Booker had broken committee rules, clamming up when asked by Wallace to say whether his behavior was under review.

“I can’t comment on that,” he said. “The rules of the ethics committee prohibit any member of the committee from commenting on whether a matter is before the committee or not.”

Watch the clip above via Fox News.

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