President Donald Trump on Wednesday addressed the allegation of sexual assault against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, casting doubt on the accusation and saying that the judge "has been treated very, very tough."
"I can only say this, he is such an outstanding man, very hard for me to imagine that anything happened," Trump said.
The president, addressing reporters outside the White House, also repeated criticism lodged by Republican lawmakers that the accusations against Kavanaugh were timed to disrupt his confirmation, and praised the work that senators on the Judiciary Committee were doing to investigate.
Christine Blasey Ford, a professor at Palo Alto University in California, has accused Kavanaugh of attempting to rape her at a gathering decades ago while the two were both attending high school in Maryland. Kavanaugh has categorically denied that the incident ever happened.
Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, cancelled a Thursday vote on Kavanaugh's nomination in the wake of the allegation and has called on Ford and Kavanaugh to testify before the committee on Monday.
Ford has called on the FBI to investigate the allegation before she speaks to lawmakers.
The president said Wednesday "it would seem that the FBI really doesn't do that."
This is breaking news and will be updated.
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