Trump: ‘Hard to watch’ Senate Judiciary’s ‘brutal’ hearing with Kavanaugh

By Anna Giaritelli

Published September 28, 2018 3:59am ET

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Trump: ‘Hard to watch’ Senate Judiciary’s ‘brutal’ hearing with Kavanaugh — U.S. President Donald Trump sits during a meeting with Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah, Kuwait's emir, not pictured, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2018. TrumpÂ said during the meeting that Iran's future as a country is in doubt amid public discontent with the Islamic Republic. | (Alex Edelman/Bloomberg)

President Trump said he found the Senate Judiciary Committee’s hearings Thursday “brutal” and “hard to watch.”

Speaking to guests of House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy’s, R-Calif., Protect the House joint fundraising committee event, Trump commended Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh for pushing through the afternoon event in which he was asked about sexual assault allegations, the Associated Press reported, citing an attendee.

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