Trump Misleads in Hinting That Main Kavanaugh Accuser Recanted (1)

President Donald Trump deceptively claimed at a campaign rally on Nov. 5 that “the accuser” who alleged sexual misconduct by Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh had recanted her accusation.

Donald Trump at a rally in Cape Girardeau, Missouri on Nov. 5.

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Trump never named the woman. But his remarks left the impression that Kavanaugh accuser Christine Blasey Ford, who publicly testified that Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her at a party while they were both in high school, had recanted. She has not.

“The accuser of Brett Kavanaugh, a man who is a fine man, the accuser admitted she never met him, she never saw him, he never touched her, talked to her, ...