On Friday, John Dean gave a statement to the Judiciary Committee in opposition to Brett Kavanaugh's nomination. His objection was based in part to Senator Chuck Grassley's decision to withhold over 100,000 documents from Kavanaugh's time in the George W. Bush White House. His point about the documents wasn't merely a process question, as he explained. "Based on personal experiences with the confirmation of William Rehnquist in studying the confirmation of Clarence Thomas, it's clear there was an across the board failure to fully vet the nominees and it has haunted their careers on the court," Dean told the committee.