“President Trump stood foursquare behind Brett Kavanaugh on Monday in the wake of new sexual misconduct allegations against his Supreme Court nominee, calling the uncorroborated claims “totally political” and “unfair.”
The president addressed the latest twist to jolt the most chaotic Supreme Court confirmation process in modern times on the sidelines of the United Nations meeting in New York.
“I am with Judge Kavanaugh,” Trump declared. “For people to come out of the woodwork from thirty-six years ago, and thirty years ago, and never mentioned it, all of a sudden it happened … totally political.”
The president, signaling the White House would dig in and defend Kavanaugh amid the onslaught of allegations, called the situation “one of the single most unfair, unjust things to happen to a candidate.”
@ChadPergram 22m22 minutes ago
Trump on Kavanaugh: He’s a fine man with an unblemished past and these are highly, unsubstantiated statements from people represented by lawyers. You should look into the lawyers, their representation. Judge Kavanaugh is an outstanding person and I’m with him all the way.
Good for POTUS and WH to put this statement, on Kav, out.