TRUMP QUESTIONS DELAY OF ACCUSER OF KAVANAUGH

President Donald Trump for the first time cast doubt on the credibility of the woman who accuses Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault, saying she should have filed charges decades ago if the alleged attack was “as bad as she says.”

After days of restraint in which the president backed his nominee while also saying the accuser needed to be heard, Trump lashed out Friday at Christine Blasey Ford, pictured, who says Kavanaugh attacked her decades ago.

“I have no doubt that, if the attack on Dr. Ford was as bad as she says, charges would have been immediately filed with local Law Enforcement Authorities by either her or her loving parents,” Trump tweeted. “I ask that she bring those filings forward so that we can learn date, time, and place!”

Moderate GOP Senator Susan Collins of Maine, whose vote is critical to Kavanaugh’s confirmation, said Friday she was “appalled” by Trump’s tweet, the Portland Press Herald reported.