Photo by: Jacquelyn Martin
In this April 12, 2018, photo, Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., questions Secretary of State-designate Mike Pompeo during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. A lawsuit filed by Merkley aiming to compel the Trump administration to release 100,000 pages of documents on Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh is inching forward in federal court, with an Obama nominee assigned to hear it. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) **FILE**