Donald Trump: says Kavanaugh protesters financed by billionaire George Soros
US president accuses liberal financier and others of trying to influence vote for his Supreme Court nominee
US President Donald Trump on Friday accused protesters massing in Washington against the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court of being “paid professionals” funded by billionaire investor and liberal donor George Soros.
“The very rude elevator screamers are paid professionals only looking to make Senators look bad. Don’t fall for it!” Trump said on Twitter. “Also, look at all of the professionally made identical signs. Paid for by Soros and others. These are not signs made in the basement from love! #Troublemakers.”
The Senate was due Friday to vote on moving ahead with the nomination of Kavanaugh to the highest court in the US, as Republicans brushed aside complaints by Democrats that an FBI investigation into sexual assault allegations against him was rushed and incomplete.
A final vote could come on Saturday on Trump’s embattled nominee, who if approved would seal a conservative majority on the nine-seat court for decades.
On Thursday protesters swamped Capitol Hill and roamed the corridors of the Senate to lobby lawmakers who took turns in a secure basement room reviewing a single copy of the new FBI report on Kavanaugh.