Trump says all accusations against Kavanaugh are “false”

Claims his pick is “one of the highest-quality people” he’s ever met No Images? Click here   By Paul Vale     Thursday, September 27  TRUMP: ALL KAVANAUGH ACCUSATIONS ‘FALSE’ President Donald Trump told reporters he believes all the sexual assault claims against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh are false. Trump added: “This is one of the highest-quality people that I’ve ever met. And everybody that knows him says the same thing. These are all false to me. These are false accusations.” [HuffPost] [Tweet | Share on Facebook] BLASEY: ATTACK ‘SEARED INTO MY MEMORY’ Christine Blasey Ford’s prepared testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee says she “will never forget” details of the night she says Kavanaugh assaulted her. “They have been seared into my memory and have haunted me episodically as an adult,” she says in her statement. Here’s how to watch today’s crunch hearing. [HuffPost] AVENATTI REVEALS THIRD ACCUSER Lawyer Michael Avenatti revealed that Julie Swetnick is Kavanaugh’s third accuser. Trump later attacked the lawyer, calling him a “total low-life!” [HuffPost] KAVANAUGH QUESTIONED ABOUT FOURTH ACCUSER Kavanaugh answered questions about a potential fourth accuser during a call with Senate staff, after Sen. Cory Gardner (R-Colo.) received an anonymous letter from a constituent accusing Trump’s nominee of physically assaulting an unnamed woman he was dating 20 years ago. [HuffPost] HOUSE PASSES SPENDING BILL The House passed an $853 billion spending bill that does not include money for Trump’s border wall, but he indicated he would sign it anyway. [HuffPost] FED HIKES INTEREST RATE The Federal Reserve raised a key interest rate for a third time this year, and forecast another rate hike before the year’s end. [AP]         TRUMP RANTED AT MACRON OVER TRADE Trump was reportedly "ranting and venting” on EU trade to French President Emmanuel Macron during a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the U.N. [CNN] TRUMP ACCUSES CHINA OF MEDDLING IN MIDTERMS Trump accused China of trying to meddle in the midterm elections, saying Beijing did not want Republicans to do well because of his stance on trade. China immediately rejected the claim. [Reuters] MAGA MOTHER: GROPING ‘NO BIG DEAL’ This female Trump supporter told her own daughters live on air that men groping women was “no big deal.” [HuffPost] FEMA CHIEF CHEATED TAXPAYERS FEMA administrator Brock Long improperly used government resources at least 40 times since Trump appointed him last year, costing taxpayers more than $150,000, according to an internal investigation. [HuffPost] SALISBURY SUSPECT IDENTIFIED A Russian man accused of the Salisbury poisoning has been identified as a military officer who once received an honor from Vladimir Putin. [Bellingcat] TRUMP SAYS U.N. NOT LAUGHING AT HIM Trump claimed that United Nations delegates were laughing with him, not at him, after he boasted about himself during a speech to the General Assembly. [HuffPost]       After three months of radio silence, NASA’s Opportunity rover has emerged from a massive Martian dust storm, still silent but at least now visible. Here’s what’s coming to Netflix in October 2018. Rachel Weisz and Daniel Craig have reportedly welcomed a baby girl. Actor Geoffrey Owens, the former “The Cosby Show” star who was job-shamed last month for working as a cashier at Trader Joe’s, is donating the $25,000 he received from Nicki Minaj to charity. Robert Mueller was spotted visiting an Apple Store Genius Bar — and Twitter reacted with so many theories. Vox explains why American public transportation is so bad. Some progressive Christians are calling out the blatant hypocrisy of dismissing Kavanaugh’s accusers. 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