By EILEEN SULLIVAN
The New York Times
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump directly questioned for the first time Friday the veracity of the accusations levied by a woman who has said Judge Brett Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her while they were both teenagers.
Trump said in a Twitter post that if the alleged attack “was as bad as she says,” charges would have been filed by the woman, Christine Blasey Ford, or her parents.
He asked her to produce contemporaneous law enforcement reports “so that we can learn date, time, and place!”
“I have no doubt that, if the attack on Dr. Ford was as bad as she says, charges would have been immediately filed with local Law Enforcement Authorities by either her or her loving parents. I ask that she bring those filings forward so that we can learn date, time, and place!” Trump wrote.
In suggesting that Blasey’s version of events from a high school party in the early 1980s lacked credibility, Trump ended his dayslong restraint from commenting on the accusations. Until Friday, Trump’s public comments about the matter had been limited to praise for Kavanaugh and blame lobbed at Democrats for slowing the judge’s Supreme Court confirmation process.
Blasey has not been able to recall the date of the party where she says Kavanaugh assaulted her. He has denied the accusations. Both have said they are willing to provide sworn testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee.
