Brett Kavanaugh has been a Supreme Court judge for one year, despite allegations of sexual assault. The New York Times rewrites the case in a book - and US President Donald Trump lays claim to criticizing the newspaper. "Can you believe what those terrible people are doing and saying," Trump wrote on Twitter about the tide. He suggested that the newspaper should be "sued".
Already on Sunday, Trump had angrily responded to the New York Times reporting on Kavanaugh, who was nominated by him last year, and recommended that the judge take legal action against the paper.
Just Out: "Kavanaugh accuser does not recall incident." @Foxandfriends DO YOU BELIEVE WHAT THESE HORRIBLE PEOPLE WILL DO OR SAY. They are looking to destroy and have their opinions on the game. They should be sued!
- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 16, 2019The President now relented because the newspaper has now supplemented its report on an important point. She made it clear that she had not spoken to an alleged Kavanaugh victim about whom she had reported. In addition, friends of the woman had said that they can not remember the alleged attack.
The assassination allegedly committed by Kavanaugh decades ago during a student party had been described to the newspaper by an ex-classmate of today's constitutional judge.
Trump tweeted that this coverage should "destroy" Kavanaugh and "influence his opinions." The Supreme Court judge was attacked with "lies and false news".
Critics call for impeachment proceedings
Representatives of the opposition party had demanded new investigations into the allegations against Kavanaugh, according to the latest article in the New York Times. The presidential candidates Julian Castro and Kamala Harris even demanded impeachment proceedings against the judge.
Among other things, the article of the "New York Times" of the weekend revolved around the accusation that Kavanaugh had bared himself decades ago during a freshman party, then other students had pushed his genitals into the hands of a student.
According to the New York Times, the ex-classmate quoted in this account had already made the allegation during the Kavanaugh nomination for the US Supreme Court to the FBI. However, the Federal Police did not pursue this accusation.
Kavanaugh received a number of serious allegations of abuse and abuse last year during its nomination process. The already highly controversial because of his arch-conservative views judge therefore only after a very bitter dispute between Democrats and Republicans the necessary green light of the US Senate for his promotion to the Supreme Court.
