Richard Blumenthal actually said...

It is to say, Majority, give us the time to do our work so that we can have a positive and comprehensive hearing on the man who may well be ...

To go into this hearing without those documents is an undermining of the constitutional role to which we have all sworn an oath to uphold.

I really regret this, but I think you have to understand the frustration on this side of the aisle.

There is no valid claim here of executive privilege. Even if there were one, it has not been properly asserted.