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| Trump says Brett Kavanaugh accusations 'totally political' | Trump says Brett Kavanaugh accusations 'totally political' |
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| US President Donald Trump says sexual misconduct claims against his Supreme Court nominee are "totally political", as a second woman came forward. | US President Donald Trump says sexual misconduct claims against his Supreme Court nominee are "totally political", as a second woman came forward. |
| Speaking at the United Nations in New York on Monday, Mr Trump said Brett Kavanaugh is "outstanding", adding: "I am with him all the way." | Speaking at the United Nations in New York on Monday, Mr Trump said Brett Kavanaugh is "outstanding", adding: "I am with him all the way." |
| The latest allegation is that the nominee once exposed his genitals to a Yale University classmate at a party. | The latest allegation is that the nominee once exposed his genitals to a Yale University classmate at a party. |
| The judge has denied both claims, labelling the latest "a smear". | The judge has denied both claims, labelling the latest "a smear". |
| Mr Trump said Judge Kavanaugh's accusers had come "out of the woodwork" to make unfair and unsubstantiated allegations. | |
| He also suggested reporters "should look into the lawyers doing the representation" of the women. | |
| A senior White House adviser meanwhile also suggested the allegations were political. | |
| "It's starting to feel like a vast left-wing conspiracy," said Kellyanne Conway on Monday. | |
| Her phrase echoed Hillary Clinton's 1998 depiction of infidelity allegations against her husband, President Bill Clinton, as a "vast right-wing conspiracy". |