Trump defends Supreme Court justice over fresh misconduct claim

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) September 15, 2019^[1]

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.

The latest allegation surfaced during a 10-month investigation
by Times reporters Robin Pogrebin and Kate Kelly, and features in
their upcoming book, “The Education of Brett Kavanaugh: An
Investigation.”

Trump called on Kavanaugh to take legal action over the claims,
suggesting also that the Department of Justice should intervene on
the judge’s behalf and “come to his rescue.”

But Democrats seeking to be Trump’s opponent in the 2020
election called for the judge to be investigated.

“Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation is a shame to the Supreme Court.
This latest allegation of assault must be investigated,” former
housing secretary and Democratic presidential candidate Julian
Castro tweeted.

Minnesota Senator Amy Klobouchar, a member of the Senate
Judiciary Committee who was involved in a heated exchange with
Kavanaugh during his confirmation, described the process as a
“sham.”

“I strongly opposed him based on his views on executive power,
which will continue to haunt our country, as well as how he
behaved, including the allegations that we are hearing more about
today,” she told ABC’s “This Week.”

Republican Senator Ted Cruz dismissed the new allegation,
however, as “the obsession with the far left with trying to smear
Justice Kavanaugh by going 30 years back with anonymous
sources.”

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