Victory lap: Trump to swear in Kavanaugh in prime-time ceremony
by Robert Donachie
| October 08, 2018 11:19 AM
President Trump will ceremonially swear in Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh at a prime-time event in the East Room of the White House on Monday evening.
The ceremony follows perhaps the most contentious confirmation battle for a Supreme Court nominee in history and the administration is using Monday evening to show voters they can make good on its promises.
In front of a room full of reporters, television cameras and Republican lawmakers at 7:00 p.m. Monday, the president will stand next to Kavanaugh and present him to the nation as one of the crowning achievements of his first two years in office.
Trump did not give the same treatment to Justice Neil Gorsuch, whose confirmation process was far less controversial. The president swore Gorsuch in at an 11 a.m. ceremony in the Rose Garden.
The event caps off a monthslong process that was nearly derailed after the nominee faced several allegations of sexual assault, excessive drinking and aggressive behavior while he was in high school and college.
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