Trump Says Brett Kavanaugh ‘Does Not Deserve This’

President Donald Trump gestures as he answers a reporter’s question during a news conference with Polish President Andrzej Duda, in the East Room of the White House Tuesday.

Alex Brandon / AP

Updated at 6:05 p.m. ET

President Trump issued his most forceful defense yet of his embattled Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh on Tuesday.

Speaking to reporters during a press conference with Poland’s president, Trump called Kavanaugh “a great man” and said that he feels “terribly” for the federal appeals court judge and his family.