"The public – and the Senators whose responsibility it is to vet this nominee – have the right to know where Judge Kavanaugh stands on important issues of law and justice," he added.

Included in the documents are emails to Kavanaugh and other White House, Justice Department and Senate staffers from then-GOP Senate aide Manny Miranda — who hacked into Democratic files in 2002 — discussing Democratic strategy for opposing a judicial nomination.

In another email thread about an Associated Press article headlined "Bush administration calls affirmative action plan 'plainly unconstitutional,' " Kavanaugh is asked who from the White House counsel's office could discuss the issue.

Kavanaugh says whoever handles the calls should make clear that there "is no need to take a position on whether diversity itself is a compelling interest since race-neutral alternatives are available and, in other states, have ensured that minorities have access to and are represented in institutions of higher education."

In another he sends a biography on William Pryor — a judicial nomination Kavanaugh had told the committee he was "not involved" with in 2004. Pryor is considered controversial because of his stance on Roe v. Wade.

Democrats grilled Kavanaugh during the Senate Judiciary Committee hearings this week on Pryor's nomination after emails were released that showed Kavanaugh had been looped in on the discussions about the nomination.