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Denis Slattery

Trump dismisses second woman accusing Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct

NEW YORK _ President Donald Trump attacked the second woman to come forward with claims against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, dismissing her accusations because she was "totally inebriated and all messed up."

Trump targeted Deborah Ramirez, who attended Yale University at the same time as Kavanaugh, days after she went public with claims that Kavanaugh exposed himself to her a party while they were in college.

"The second accuser has nothing," Trump told reporters while at the United Nations General Assembly in New York. "She thinks maybe it could have been him, maybe not. She admits that she was drunk. She admits that there are time lapses."

He added that her account is not credible because she was "totally inebriated and all messed up."

Trump previously assailed the veracity of Christine Blasey Ford, who alleges that Kavanaugh pinned her to a bed, covered her mouth as she tried to scream, and tried to remove her clothes during a high school party in 1982.

Kavanaugh, who along with Ford is scheduled to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday, denies the allegations.

Trump blasted Democrats and accused them of "playing a con game" in order to derail Kavanaugh's confirmation.

"They know it's a con game. They know he's high quality," Trump said during a meeting with the Colombian president at the U.N.

"I can tell you that false accusations of all types are made against a lot of people," he added. "This is a high-quality person and I certainly hope _ it would be a horrible insult to our country if this doesn't happen. And it would be a horrible, horrible thing for future political people, judges ... it cannot be allowed to happen."

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