article President Donald Trump weighed in on the Brett Kavanaugh hearings Sunday night at a rally in West Virginia, taking specific aim at California Sen. Dianne Feinstein. The commander in chief praised his Supreme Court pick, calling Kavanaugh “one of accomplished most legal minds of our time a juris with a sterling record of public service.” VIDEO: Trump mocks Feinstein Trump went on to call the FBI investigation into sexual assault allegations against Kavanaugh in high school as a "blessing in disguise" because he believes Kavanaugh will be exonerated. Trump also accused Democrats of using "low-ball tactics" and directed his comments at Feinstein, whom he accused her of leaking the letter from Dr. Christine Blasey Ford. Feinstein publicly testified she did not leak the letter from the Palo Alto psychology professor alleging Kavanaugh groped her and put his hand over her mouth at a party in 1982. Feinstein also testified at last week’s Senate Judiciary Committee meeting that no one from her staff leaked the letter either, at Ford’s request. She also tweeted on Saturday night, reiterating the fact that she didn’t leak the letter. It was obvious that Trump doesn’t believe Feinstein. Advertisement “When you look at releases and leaks and they say, ‘No, I didn’t do it.’ Dianne Feinstein, did you leak?,” Trump said to a chorus of boos from the crowd. “Remember her answer? Uh uh, uh, what? No, no, I didn’t leak. Maybe she didn’t, but that was the worst body language I’ve ever seen.”<doc-sep>President Trump mocked Sen. Dianne Feinstein, the Democrat leading the opposition to Supreme Court nominee Brett M. Kavanaugh, at a campaign rally Saturday, telling voters she may have been the unknown person who leaked allegations of sexual assault without the accuser’s consent. Speaking at a rally in West Virginia, Mr. Trump mocked Ms. Feinstein’s “body language” as she sought to deny the allegation that she or her staff were responsible for first outing Christine Blasey Ford, the woman who has accused Judge Kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her at a high school party in 1982. Mr. Trump did a caricature of Ms. Feinstein seeming to stumble through a response Thursday when she was asked by Republican senators how Ms. Blasey Ford’s letter making the allegations had leaked. She first denied she had leaked, then said she hadn’t asked her staff but was sure they didn’t, then turned to the staff, who apparently told her they weren’t responsible. “It did not leak from us, I assure you of that,” said the California Democrat, suggesting that it may have been Ms. Blasey Ford’s friends who revealed the letter. Mr. Trump, speaking in Wheeling, West Virginia, seemed doubtful. “I’ll tell you want, that was really bad body language. Maybe she didn’t, but that was the worst body language I’ve ever seen,” he said. Ms. Blasey Ford shared her allegations with Ms. Feinstein on the condition of confidentiality, but she said somehow word got out and reporters started hounding her, at which point she went public. Ms. Feinstein’s role in the whole affair has come under scrutiny. She has expressed some regret over her handling of the initial allegation, saying she wished she hadn’t accepted a confidential complaint because it tied her hands. Republicans wondered why she didn’t do anything with the allegations until after Judge Kavanaugh had faced the committee for more than 30 hours of questions early in September. Sen. Lindsey Graham, South Carolina Republican, told Fox “Sunday Morning Futures” that he believed Ms. Feinstein’s denial but vowed to pursue whoever did leak the letter. He also questioned who on Ms. Feinstein’s staff had suggested the law firm Ms. Blasey Ford was using. Mr. Graham said those lawyers appear to have ill-served Ms. Blasey Ford, including refraining from telling her that the committee was willing to send investigators to California to speak with her privately rather than force her to appear at a public hearing. “It’s improper for senators to recommend lawyers to constituents,” Mr. Graham said. Mr. Trump, at Saturday’s rally, called Democrats’ treatment of Judge Kavanaugh “angry and mean and nasty and untruthful.” “They’re willing to throw away every standard of decency, justice, fairness, due process to get their way,” Mr. Trump said. The president was stumping for Patrick Morrisey, West Virginia’s Republican attorney general, who is seeking to unseat Sen. Joe Manchin III, a Democrat. Mr. Manchin is one of only two Democrats who have not yet signaled plans to vote against Judge Kavanaugh’s confirmation — but Mr. Trump said Mr. Manchin is enabling the other Democrats’ attacks on the nominee. “I just hope you don’t sit home because bad things will happen if you sit home,” the president told a rabidly enthusiastic crowd. Sign up for Daily Newsletters Manage Newsletters Copyright © 2021 The Washington Times, LLC. Click here for reprint permission.<doc-sep>President Trump Donald TrumpTrump lashes out after grand jury seated for New York criminal probe Schumer tees up vote on Jan. 6 commission bill Senators struggle to save Jan. 6 commission MORE late Saturday stoked speculation that Sen. Dianne Feinstein Dianne Emiel FeinsteinConcerns over growing ties between UAE and China could impact sale of F-35s: report Rep. Malinowski traded as much as M in medical, tech stocks with stake in COVID-19 response Bottom line MORE (D-Calif.) or her staff may have leaked the letter in which Christine Blasey Ford accused Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault, basing his claims on her body language. “Dianne Feinstein, did you leak? Remember her answer. Did you leak the document? 'Uh. Uh. What? What? No. Uh. No. Uh. I didn’t le— well, wait one minute. No, no, we didn’t leak it,' " Trump told the crowd during a rally in West Virginia, mocking Feinstein's denial during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing last week. "I’ll tell you what, that was real bad body language," Trump added. "Who knows? Maybe she didn’t leak it, but that was the worst body language I’ve ever seen." ADVERTISEMENT Republicans have focused much of their criticism on Feinstein, the ranking Democrat on the Judiciary Committee, in the wake of Ford's allegation that Kavanaugh pinned her to a bed and groped her during a high school party in the 1980s. Kavanaugh has denied the allegations. Feinstein first received a letter from Ford detailing the allegations in July, but Ford had asked that it remain private. Ford went public with her allegation earlier this month after reports began to surface that Feinstein turned over a letter to the FBI that included a sexual assault allegation against Kavanaugh. Republican senators have questioned the timing of the allegations, and chastised Feinstein for failing to disclose Ford's claim to Republicans or to Kavanaugh during her one-on-one meeting with the nominee. Feinstein has denied that her office leaked the letter. She shared her denial in a video posted Saturday night. From the moment I received Dr. Ford’s letter my actions have been consistent with her wishes. We kept her letter confidential and did not leak the contents or its existence to anyone. Survivors have a right to decide how their stories are made public. pic.twitter.com/mETU5B3RE2 — Sen Dianne Feinstein (@SenFeinstein) September 29, 2018 A vote on Kavanaugh’s confirmation was delayed after Trump approved requests from senators, led by Sen. Jeff Flake Jeffrey (Jeff) Lane FlakeWhy Republican politicians are sticking with Trump The Hill's 12:30 Report - Presented by Facebook - Republican reactions to Cheney's removal Flake: No greater offense than honesty in today's Republican Party MORE (R-Ariz.), for an FBI investigation into sexual misconduct allegations against Kavanaugh. The investigation is expected to last no more than one week. Prior to departing for Saturday's rally, Trump suggested to reporters that he'd like the FBI to look into who leaked Ford's accusation as part of the bureau's investigation. "I think frankly the FBI has a chance to reveal a lot of different things," Trump said. "I'd like to find out who leaked the papers. Was it Sen. Feinstein? Certainly her body language was not exactly very good when they asked her that question. I would like to find out as part of it who leaked the papers. Which Democrat leaked the papers."<doc-sep>
President Donald Trump mocked Senator Dianne Feinstein at a rally on Saturday over her insistence she did not leak the letter from Christine Blasey Ford accusing Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault. Speaking at a rally in West Virginia, the president did not directly address the testimony given by Ford before the Senate Judiciary Committee, instead commenting that what was going on in the Senate showed that people were "mean and nasty and untruthful." "The one thing that could happen and the beautiful thing that is going on over the last few days in the Senate, when you see the anger, when you see people that are angry and mean and nasty and untruthful," he said. "When you look at releases and leaks and then they say 'oh, I didn't do it. I didn't do it.' Remember? Dianne Feinstein, did you leak? Remember her answer… did you leak the document—'oh, oh, what? No. Oh, no. I didn't leak. Well, wait one minute. Did we leak…No, we didn't leak," he added, in an impression of the senator. Feinstein was sent the letter detailing the allegations against Kavanaugh by Ford back in July, and it was leaked earlier in September – but Feinstein denied that the leak came from her office. "I did not hide Dr. Ford's allegations, I did not leak her story," Feinstein told the committee, The Hill reported. " She asked me to hold it confidential and I kept it confidential as she asked." But her denial did not appear to sit well with the president, who commented during the Saturday night rally: "I'll tell you what, that was really bad body language. Maybe she didn't, but that's the worst body language I've ever seen." Continuing his defense of the Supreme Court nominee, who has been accused of sexual misconduct by three women, the president suggested that the Democrats were using the allegations for their own ends. "They are determined to take back power by any means necessary. You see the meanness, the nastiness, they don't care who they hurt, who they have to run over to get power and control," Mediaite reported the president saying.