New York – President Donald Trump on Monday said Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh is under assault, following a New York Times story about a sexual misconduct allegation that was revised to reflect that the alleged victim couldn’t recall the incident.
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The newspaper has also apologized for an offensive tweet that was sent out to promote the weekend article.
The Times reported on an allegation that Kavanaugh exposed himself at a Yale University party as a freshman. That new allegation was included in an article, excerpting an upcoming book about Kavanaugh classmate Deborah Ramirez, who had claimed the future justice acted very inappropriately.
In writing about the new allegation, the story did not initially include the detail that the woman supposedly involved in the incident declined to be interviewed, and that her friends say she doesn’t recall it. The article was revised to include that information, with an editor’s note explaining the revision.
It was not immediately clear why that detail had been left out.
Kavanaugh denied Ramirez’s accusation in the past. He declined to comment on the new one, according to a court spokeswoman.
The president has jumped to the defense of his Supreme Court appointee on Twitter, saying “the one who is actually being assaulted is Justice Kavanaugh, assaulted by lies and fake news.”
Trump said Kavanaugh should start suing people for libel, or the Justice Department should come to his rescue.
The newspaper also apologized for a tweet sent out Saturday through the account of its opinion section, where the Kavanaugh piece ran. The tweet said, in part, that “having a penis thrust in your face at a drunken dorm party may seem like harmless fun.”
The Times later said that the tweet was “clearly inappropriate and offensive.”
(AP)
No surprises from the lying failing NYT.
Journalism at its best. So very sad
The lying fake news propagandist scum are trying to take down a SCOTUS justice with stuff they know is bs but being lying scum they will publish it and then apologize when caught with their lies
The NYT has a long history of only reporting news that fits their agenda. They refused to report on Nazi antisemitism before the war and on the Holocaust during and after.
also, Cixelsyd, their apology was notably half-hearted as if they want to continue to claim that the incident really happened but, you know…. The entire claim was rubbish from start to finish. Impelled by, not simply political but personal hatred for Mr. Trump. It’s worth remembering that when Trump supported Democrats, the people who vilify him now thought he was a good guy, a little rough around the edges maybe, but, all in all, a fine fellow.
Kavanaugh Should sue the NYT $100,000,0000 they are king of fake news