Trump defends Brett Kavanaugh after new revelations

The new allegations reopened a debate about whether Kavanaugh, 54, was properly vetted in 2018 after being nominated by Trump to a lifetime position on the top U.S. court.

Justice Brett Kavanaugh, Donald Trump, The Education of Brett Kavanaugh, Deborah Ramirez, Christine Blasey Ford — President Donald Trump and Justice Brett Kavanaugh during his swearing-in ceremony at the White House in Washington, October 8, 2018. (Doug Mills/The New York Times)

President Donald Trump defended Brett Kavanaugh on Sunday after the New York Times reported fresh revelations about the Supreme Court justice’s alleged behavior as a student at Yale University in the 1980s. “Such lies about him,” Trump said of the newspaper’s report in two early-morning Twitter messages. “Brett Kavanaugh should start suing people for libel, or the Justice Department should come to his rescue.”