Donald Trump Says the Kavanaugh Allegations Are a 'Big Fat Con'
In a bizarre press conference after his United Nations meetings, the president of the United States also raised questions about George Washington’s past.
Updated on September 26 at 6:30 p.m. ET
At a rambling, often self-contradictory press conference Tuesday afternoon, President Donald Trump baselessly claimed a vast conspiracy to concoct sexual-misconduct charges against him and offered a surprisingly weak defense of Judge Brett Kavanaugh, the Supreme Court nominee who has been accused by three women of sexual misconduct.
“I’ve had numerous accusations about me … They made false statements about me knowing they were false,” Trump said. When a reporter asked why the president always seemed to give the benefit of the doubt to men accused of sexual misconduct, he acknowledged that the allegations against him colored his response to the claims made
