Calls for Kavanaugh’s Impeachment Come Amid New Misconduct Allegations – The New York Times

Julián Castro, who was housing secretary under President Barack Obama, and Bernie Sanders, a senator from Vermont, also called for his impeachment.

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Mr. Trump, who nominated Justice Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, defended him on Twitter on Sunday.

“He is an innocent man who has been treated HORRIBLY,” he wrote. “Such lies about him. They want to scare him into turning Liberal!”

In another tweet, the president suggested that Justice Kavanaugh should “start suing people for libel, or the Justice Department should come to his rescue.”

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The Senate Republican majority leader, Mitch McConnell, said on Twitter, that the “far left’s willingness to seize on completely uncorroborated and unsubstantiated allegations during last year’s confirmation process was a dark and embarrassing chapter for the Senate.”

Ronna McDaniel, the chairwoman of the Republican National Committee, wrote on Twitter that “The New York Times should be ashamed of this smear on Justice Kavanaugh.”