President Trump offered words of support for his Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, as he faces an allegation of sexual assault, saying Tuesday he feels “terribly” for Kavanaugh, who “is not a man that deserves this.”

“I feel so badly for him that he is going through this, to be honest with you,” Trump said during a joint press conference with Andrzej Duda, the president of Poland. “This is not a man that deserves this. This should have been brought to the fore; it should have been brought up long ago.”