McConnell: Reporters Have Learned Kavanaugh Buys Baseball Tickets and Pays His Bills

McConnell: Reporters Have Learned Kavanaugh Buys Baseball Tickets and Pays His Bills (The Washington Free Beacon)

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R., Ky.) poked fun Thursday at a report about Supreme Court Justice nominee Brett Kavanaugh's incursion of credit card debt buying baseball tickets, and he warned against the practice of "Borking."

The Washington Post reported Wednesday that Kavanaugh "incurred tens of thousands of dollars of credit card debt buying baseball tickets over the past decade and at times reported liabilities that could have exceeded the value of his cash accounts and investment assets," according to a review of his financial disclosures provided by the White House.

White House spokesman Raj Shah said Kavanaugh incurred the debt buying Washington Nationals season tickets for himself and a "handful" of others, as well as spending on home improvements. In 2016, Kavanaugh reported between $60,000 and $200,000 in debt accrued over three credit cards and a loan, and they were either paid off or fell below the reporting requirements in 2017.