Trump defends 'fantastic' Kavanaugh while calling for Ford to be heard on Thursday

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September 24, 2018 2:52 PM

President Donald Trump defended Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh as a 'fantastic man' in an interview broadcast on Monday. Trump repeated his belief that the allegations against Kavanaugh are suspect as they were not reported earlier but said that Christine Blasey Ford should 'have her voice.'

Donald Trump leaves the White House in September 2018.

President Donald Trump defended Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh as a "fantastic man" in a radio interview broadcast on Monday.

Trump also doubled down on his belief that the sexual assault allegations against Kavanaugh are suspect as they were not reported earlier.
But he also said that

President Donald Trump defended Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh as a "fantastic man" in a radio interview while calling for to be heard in a testimony.

While Trump said he supported Ford testifying, he reiterated his hope that his nominee will successfully be elected to the Supreme Court. "

This went 36 years without a complaint, 36 years Geraldo… and this never came up."

Trump said that he would probably not be able to convince Democrats to vote for Kavanaugh, which means he would need the support of almost every Republican in the Senate.

"We’ll get almost no Democrat," he said. "We may get a couple in states where I won by many, many points — you understand that — but we’ll essentially get no Democrat."

New allegations against Kavanaugh have come to light since. A New Yorker story on Sunday described an investigation by Senate Democrats into whether Kavanaugh exposed himself to, and assaulted, a woman in college on Sunday.

Lawyer and activist Michael Avenatti also said he had a client that alleges Kavanaugh, in high school, tried to use drugs and alcohol to rape women.

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