Sen. Cory Booker made waves Thursday by pledging to publicly release "committee confidential" documents during today's Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing for Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court nomination.
The big picture: The emails — from Kavanaugh's time as a lawyer in the George W. Bush White House — include critical remarks about affirmative action regulations issued by the Department of Transportation. The emails were first reported by The New York Times.
Read the emails released by Booker: