Story highlights Post reports that Trump considered withdrawing Supreme Court nominee Neil GorsuchNewspaper stands by its reportWashington (CNN) President Donald Trump disputed a Washington Post story Tuesday alleging that he considered pulling his nomination of Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court after Gorsuch privately criticized Trump's attacks on the judiciary. "A story in the @washingtonpost that I was close to "rescinding" the nomination of Justice Gorsuch prior to confirmation is FAKE NEWS," Trump tweeted. "I never even wavered and am very proud of him and the job he is doing as a Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. Tuesday on CNN's "At This Hour" Washington Post reporter Josh Dawsey responded to the President's remarks and said the Post stands by its story. Trump had launched into a series of attacks against federal judges who had ruled to stop his travel ban on Muslim-majority countries during Gorsuch's confirmation process, leaving the Supreme Court nominee to field questions from senators about the comments.

Source: CNN December 19, 2017 16:03 UTC