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Trump Defends Supreme Court Justice Over Fresh Misconduct Claim

Agence France-Presse

   WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump mounted an angry defense of
   Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh on Sunday as the controversial
   judge faced calls for an investigation over fresh allegations of sexual
   misconduct.

   Trump blasted the media and "Radical Left Democrats" after a former
   Yale classmate of Kavanaugh alleged that the jurist-- one of the most
   senior judges in the land-- exposed himself at a freshman year party
   before other students pushed his genitals into the hand of a female
   student.

   The latest allegation in The New York Times came after Kavanaugh denied
   sexual misconduct accusations leveled against him by two women during
   his confirmation to the Supreme Court last October.

   "Now the Radical Left Democrats and their Partner, the LameStream
   Media, are after Brett Kavanaugh again, talking loudly of their
   favorite word, impeachment," Trump tweeted.

   "He is an innocent man who has been treated HORRIBLY. Such lies about
   him. They want to scare him into turning Liberal!"

     Now the Radical Left Democrats and their Partner, the LameStream
     Media, are after Brett Kavanaugh again, talking loudly of their
     favorite word, impeachment. He is an innocent man who has been
     treated HORRIBLY. Such lies about him. They want to scare him into
     turning Liberal!
     -- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) [1]September 15, 2019

   The new allegations came from Max Stier, who runs a non-profit in
   Washington. His concerns were reported to the FBI during Kavanaugh's
   2018 confirmation process but not investigated, according to the Times.

   Stier said he saw his former classmate "with his pants down at a
   different drunken dorm party, where friends pushed his penis into the
   hand of a female student."

   Stier has not spoken publicly about the incident but his story was
   corroborated by two officials, the Times said.

   It is the latest in a string of accusations of unwanted sexual contact
   or assault against Kavanaugh since Trump nominated him to the Supreme
   Court.

   'Shame'

   Christine Blasey Ford testified before Congress that Kavanaugh sexually
   assaulted her in the 1980s, while Deborah Ramirez told The New Yorker
   Kavanaugh had waved his penis in front of her face at a 1980s dormitory
   party.

References

   1. https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1173216300287635456?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

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