for the district of columbia. durbin released emails from kavanaugh's time working in the bush administration, detailing on theination of william hanes to fill a vacancy. they allege kavanaugh knowingly misled senators in hanz' nomination. he was involved in the administration's detention policy after the september 11th, 2001, terrorist attacks. he preefbiately admitted to being involved in discussions leading to hanz' nomination but did not handle the nomination itself. and shah hit back in a series of tweets calling them quote a complete total smear with no basis. republican senator is facing increase pressure. collins is facing a high dollar