The home address of Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and some of his Republican colleagues were published on Wikipedia pages. | Jim Bourg-Pool/Getty Images Congress Judiciary Republicans' personal information published during Kavanaugh hearing

The personal information of several Republican senators who sit on the Senate Judiciary Committee was published online in the middle of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh's testimony before the panel Thursday.

The information — including home addresses, phone numbers, and personal email addresses — appeared on the Wikipedia pages of Sens. Orrin Hatch and Mike Lee of Utah, and Lindsey Graham of South Carolina.


A spokesperson for Hatch confirmed that the additions, which were quickly deleted from the Wikipedia pages, contained the lawmaker's real personal information.

"It’s shocking that someone would post Senator Hatch and other Judiciary Committee Republican’s personal information, including home addresses, putting their families in danger," said Matt Whitlock, communications director for Hatch. "That it’s happening as they ask questions in a Supreme Court confirmation hearing is just another sign of how terrible this process has gotten."

A spokesperson for Graham would only say that his Senate office was aware of the Wikipedia changes and would not say what steps, if any, his office had taken in response. A spokesperson for Lee declined to comment on the record.

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The publication came as senators questioned Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford, a California professor who has publicly accused him of sexual assault while the two were in high school. Two other women have also accused Kavanaugh of similar misconduct. Kavanaugh categorically denied the allegations before and throughout the 9-hour-long hearing.

According to a Twitter bot that identified the changes, the edits appeared to come from a computer on Capitol Hill, although POLITICO could not confirm that was accurate. The purpose of the edits was also unclear.

White House spokesperson Raj Shah weighed in on Twitter, asking the online user responsible for the publications to "please stop."

"This is outrageous," Shah wrote.

