A Candidate, Not A Prosecutor: Harris’ Role In Upcoming Supreme Court Hearings

Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., questions Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh during his 2018 confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill. That took place in the run up to her presidential bid. Now, she’ll face the spotlight as her party’s vice presidential nominee.

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Some of the most memorable moments of Kamala Harris’ political career have come in the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing room.

The list of witnesses and nominees the California senator has flustered or put on the defensive is long, and it includes many top conservatives whom progressives villainize: Attorney General William Barr, former Attorney General Jeff Sessions, former White House chief of staff John Kelly and, perhaps atop that list, Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh.

During Kavanaugh’s contentious confirmation hearings in 2018, Harris’ questions often yielded some of the biggest moments.