Trump Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh has denied sexually assaulting a women while they were in high school in the 1980sAFP/FileKavanaugh flatly denied the accusationUS President Donald Trump stood firmly by his Supreme Court pick Brett Kavanaugh on Monday after allegations that the conservative judge sexually assaulted a woman when they were teenagers threatened to derail the nomination process. Trump characterized the issue as a "little delay" and described as "ridiculous" the suggestion that Kavanaugh might withdraw his candidacy. "Judge Kavanaugh is one of the finest people I have ever known," Trump told reporters from the Oval Office. "I think he's on track, very much on track," Trump said. That could result in a tense replay of the lurid 1991 hearing on Clarence Thomas, the conservative Supreme Court justice accused of repeated sexual harassment by a former assistant, Anita Hill.

Source: Dhaka Tribune September 18, 2018 13:30 UTC