Trump says Kavanaugh accuser "100 percent" named the wrong person

U.S. President Donald Trump said he is "100 per cent" certain that Christine Blasey Ford named the wrong person when she accused Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault in testimony during his Supreme Court nomination hearings.

"This is one of the reasons I chose him is because there is no one with a squeaky clean past like Brett Kavanaugh. He is an outstanding person and I'm very honoured to have chosen him," Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One while flying to a campaign rally in Kansas. "We're very honoured that he was able to withstand this horrible, horrible attack by the Democrats."

(With inputs from agencies.)