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title: "Trump ready to pull Kavanaugh nomination if convinced judge 'guilty'"
description: "US President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he was open to pulling Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court nomination if he finds the evidence against him of sexual assault convincing."
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published: "2018-09-26T23:38:32"
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# Trump ready to pull Kavanaugh nomination if convinced judge 'guilty'

> US President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he was open to pulling Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court nomination if he finds the evidence against him of sexual assault convincing.

By AFP · Published 27 September 2018, 01:38 SAST

## Content

"I can always be convinced," Trump told journalists in New York. "If I thought he was guilty of something like this, yes sure. I want to watch. I want to see."

The Senate Judiciary Committee will consider the evidence against Kavanaugh on Thursday. The case has turned into a political firestorm ahead of congressional midterm elections, with the scandal threatening to derail Trump's push to get a conservative-minded majority on the top court. **DM**