Trump mocks Kavanaugh accuser, as FBI races to finish probe

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🗓️ 3 October 2018

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

Tuesday’s attack could further inflame tensions in the pitched battle over Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation — and alienate moderate key votes like Sens. Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska).

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0:00.0	Good morning. I'm James Holman from the Washington Post and this is the Daily
0:05.8	2002 for Wednesday, October 3rd. In today's news, confidential documents show that President Trump participated in extensive tax avoidance schemes.
0:18.0	Corporate interests score a slew of wins from the Trump administration, and Malania Trump arrives solo in Africa.
0:31.5	But first, the big idea. At a rally in Mississippi on Tuesday night
0:36.2	President Trump mocked the account of Christine Blasy Ford, the woman who was
0:40.9	accused Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of assault
0:43.6	and he told the crowd that the Me Too movement is unfairly hurting men.
0:48.9	Trump in a rift that has long been dreaded by the White House and top Senate aides, attacked Ford's story at length,
0:57.0	drawing laughs from the crowd.
0:59.6	The remarks were his strongest attacks yet on her testimony. 36 years ago, this happened.
1:05.7	I had one beer, right?
1:08.5	I had one beer.
1:10.5	Well, do you think it was, nope, it was one beer.
1:13.0	Oh good.
1:14.0	How did you get home? I don't remember.
1:16.0	How did you get there? I don't remember.
1:17.0	Where is the place I don't remember?
1:19.0	How many years ago was it? I don't know.
1:21.0	I don't know.
1:22.0	I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. What neighborhood
1:29.4	was it in? I don't know. Where's the house? I don't know. Upstairs, downstairs, where was it?
1:35.0	I don't know, but I had one beer.
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