INTERVIEW – JOE DIGENOVA – legal analyst and former US Attorney to the District of Columbia

• Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearings begin Tuesday. WASHINGTON — For eight weeks since President Donald Trump nominated him for the swing seat on the Supreme Court, Brett Kavanaugh’s judicial record and legal philosophy has gotten lost amid disputes over his partisan past and withheld documents. But when the Senate Judiciary Committee holds four days of hearings this week, those controversies probably will take a back seat to issues affecting millions of Americans: Abortion. Guns. Health care. And, inevitably, the president himself.