FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump talks with his nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court Brett Kavanaugh at his nomination announcement in the East Room of the White House in Washington, U.S., July 9, 2018. REUTERS/Jim Bourg
Trump responded to an investigation that revealed Brett Kavanaugh lied about sexually assaulting women by demanding that the DOJ sue people for his Supreme Court nominee.
Trump tweeted:
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The DOJ can’t pursue civil action and sue people for libel. Trump is abusing his power by trying to make the Department of Justice sue to save his Supreme Court justice.
It is not the fault of liberals that Brett Kavanaugh lied about sexually assaulting women and his drinking problem. Trump is urging that the Executive Branch of the United States government file civil court cases on behalf of a Supreme Court justice to keep further investigations and information from coming out.
The Trump administration is nothing more than a consistent abuse of power in an effort cover-up wrongdoing.
Brett Kavanaugh should not be on the Supreme Court, and Trump’s outburst reveals how far he is willing to go to keep an unfit justice on the bench of the highest court in the land.
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