U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday praised Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, saying he does not “deserve” to face the sexual assault allegations against him, CNBC reported.
Trump stated that the accusations are politically motivated and criticized Democrats for not raising them earlier, while not questioning the credibility of Kavanaugh’s accuser, Christine Blasey Ford.
“I feel so badly for him that he is going through this, to be honest with you,” Trump said during a joint press conference at the White House with Poland’s president. “This is not a man who deserves this.”
“Honestly I feel terribly for him, for his wife, who is an incredible, lovely woman and for his beautiful young daughters,” Trump added. “I feel terribly for them.”
Trump said Democrats did not present the allegations earlier “because they obstruct and they resist.”
“They knew what they were doing,” he added.
Senator Dianne Feinstein, the ranking Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee, did not disclose the allegations during a meeting with Kavanaugh or during his confirmation hearings earlier this month, as Ford had asked the claims remain private.
However, Trump expressed a desire to see a hearing with Kavanaugh and Ford take place before the confirmation process moves forward.
“We should go through a process because there shouldn’t even be a little doubt,” he said. “There shouldn’t be a doubt.”
Ford claims that in the early 1980s Kavanaugh pinned her down and attempted to remove her clothes during a high school party, and then put his hand over her mouth when she tried to scream for help.
Trump on Tuesday repeatedly praised the nominee’s character, saying at the joint press conference that he has an “impeccable history in every way.”
“We will see what happens, but I just think that he is at a level we rarely see, not only in government, anywhere in life,” Trump said.
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