Democratic strategist Juanita Tolliver said on Tuesday that President Trump Donald John TrumpOmar fires back at Trump over rally remarks: 'This is my country' Pelosi: Trump hurrying to fill SCOTUS seat so he can repeal ObamaCare Trump mocks Biden appearance, mask use ahead of first debate MORE's Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, could serve as a "get out of jail free card" after Trump's former personal attorney, Michael Cohen, implicated the president in a hush money scheme before the 2016 election as a part of a guilty plea.

"I'm concerned about a president who's been implicated in a federal crime being [able] to select someone to serve in the highest court in the land, who can potentially be a get out of jail free card for him," Tolliver, campaigns director at the Center for American Progress Action Fund, told Hill.TV's Buck Sexton and Krystal Ball on "Rising."

Tolliver's comments came as Democrats prepare to grill Kavanaugh on Tuesday on an array of issues, including his views on executive authority.

Kavanaugh wrote in 2009 that criminal claims against sitting presidents should be addressed after the president leaves office, arguing that it is "vital that the President be able to focus on his never-ending tasks with as few distractions as possible."

Democrats argued last month that Cohen's guilty plea, in which he referred to the president as an unnamed co-conspirator, should be more than enough to reason to block or delay Kavanaugh's hearing.

— Julia Manchester