Trump Lets Kavanaugh Defend Himself

President Trump’s routine reaction to allegations of sexual assault is to deny, retaliate and repeat. He has dismissed accusations against himself as ‘phony’ and ‘false,’ and when presented with claims against other men, the #MeToo-era president tends to side instinctually with the accused,” the Washington Post reports.

“But in the case of federal judge Brett Kavanaugh — whose Supreme Court nomination is suddenly endangered after a woman accused him of sexual assault when they were in high school — Trump on Monday was uncharacteristically muted.”

“White House aides said they persuaded the president to refrain from tweeting a defense of Kavanaugh in the accusation’s immediate aftermath and deliberately worked to keep him from meeting personally with the nominee, even though the two men spent most of the day in proximity.”