Chaos Erupts at Opening of Brett Kavanaugh SCOTUS Hearing as Dems Demand Review of 42,000 Documents Released at Last Minute: WATCH

Chaos erupted at the opening of the confirmation hearing for Brett Kavanaugh after Democrats demanded the hearing be adjourned following the last-minute release of 42,000 documents from Kavanaugh’s service in the Bush White House.

The extraordinary situation continues to unfold. Watch HERE.

"I move to adjourn!"

Cheers break out as Democratic senators object at the beginning of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation hearing. https://t.co/ZIeq6JaQWx pic.twitter.com/aNf7ZhkoPB

— ABC News (@ABC) September 4, 2018

.@SenBlumenthal calls to adjourn the Kavanaugh hearing.

"We have been denied real access to the documents we need…which turns this hearing into a charade and a mockery of our norms." #StopKavanaugh #HaltTheHearing pic.twitter.com/jpJsr87Gls

— CAP Action (@CAPAction) September 4, 2018

Sheldon Whitehouse makes a good point. The committee is being denied 100,000 documents on the basis of "executive privilege" but no one has actually asserted executive privilege.

It's just a letter from Kavanaugh's friend Bill on his law firm's stationary. pic.twitter.com/dAfi5glaqd

— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) September 4, 2018

Sen. Dick Durbin: "We waited for more than year with a vacancy on the Supreme Court under the direction of your leader in the U.S. Senate…That we cannot take a few days or weeks to have a complete review of Judge Kavanaugh's record is unfair to the American people." pic.twitter.com/xCTn7HosLg

— ABC News (@ABC) September 4, 2018

VIDEO: Protesters arrested in the hearing room for Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearing asking the hearing to end. pic.twitter.com/ZCTcuwq7qZ

— Frank Thorp V (@frankthorp) September 4, 2018

Grassley insists their staffers read all some 40,000 pages that dropped last night. "That's 7,000 pages per hour," someone responds. "That's superhuman." pic.twitter.com/ucC7YKnp4Y

— Zack Ford (@ZackFord) September 4, 2018

Sen. Feinstein: "Understand where we're coming from: it's not to create a disruption…It is to say, majority, give us the time to do our work, so that we can have a positive and comprehensive hearing on the man who may well be the deciding vote" on major issues. pic.twitter.com/t1nx6Wy37B

— World News Tonight (@ABCWorldNews) September 4, 2018

"What are we trying to hide? Why are we rushing?" Democratic Sen. Leahy asks Chairman Grassley of Kavanaugh documents that have yet to be produced to the committee. pic.twitter.com/iUIWh3YCg6

— NBC News (@NBCNews) September 4, 2018

Protesters with Demand Justice dressed as handmaids stand outside Kavanaugh's confirmation hearing room. They are protesting his views on abortion. #SCOTUSKavanaugh pic.twitter.com/oQY7CN3fYD

— Lydia Wheeler (@WheelerLydia) September 4, 2018

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