President Trump Donald John TrumpFederal prosecutor speaks out, says Barr 'has brought shame' on Justice Dept. Former Pence aide: White House staffers discussed Trump refusing to leave office Progressive group buys domain name of Trump's No. 1 Supreme Court pick MORE dismissed claims that an editing error led to confusion over a bombshell New York Times story on a new incident of sexual misconduct against Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh Brett Michael KavanaughTrump plans to pick Amy Coney Barrett to replace Ginsburg on court Collins trails challenger by 4 points in Maine Senate race: poll SCOTUS confirmation in the last month of a close election? Ugly MORE.

“The New York Times is now blaming an editor for the horrible mistake they made in trying to destroy or influence Justice Brett Kavanaugh. It wasn’t the editor, the Times knew everything. They are sick and desperate, losing in so many ways!” Trump tweeted.

The New York Times is now blaming an editor for the horrible mistake they made in trying to destroy or influence Justice Brett Kavanaugh. It wasn’t the editor, the Times knew everything. They are sick and desperate, losing in so many ways! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 17, 2019

“The editors!!! OMG this is even worse than I thought. No one’s actually surprised anymore and they will keep doing the same thing over and over because everyone in their leftist bubble is fine trying to destroy good people ideologically opposes to them,” Donald Trump Jr. Don John Trump'Tiger King' star Joe Exotic requests pardon from Trump: 'Be my hero please' Zaid Jilani discusses Trump's move to cancel racial sensitivity training at federal agencies Trump International Hotel in Vancouver closes permanently MORE echoed. “Disgusting!”

The editors!!! OMG this is even worse than I thought. No one’s actually surprised anymore and they will keep doing the same thing over and over because everyone in their leftist bubble is fine trying to destroy good people ideologically opposes to them.



Disgusting! https://t.co/MFVACL4qAw — Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) September 17, 2019

The criticism focused around a report published Saturday that said a former classmate of Kavanaugh said he witnessed him exposing himself and forcing a female classmate to touch his penis at a dorm party.

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A correction to the essay posted Sunday night said the woman involved in the alleged incident did not speak to The Times and that her friends say she does not recall that it happened.

“We really tried to look at things from a 360-degree perspective,” Kate Kelly, one of the co-authors, said on MSNBC Monday night, adding that “there was zero intent to mislead anyone.”

Conservatives pounced on the correction, with President Trump seizing on it several times to allege that Kavanaugh was treated unfairly by the media.

Christine Blasey Ford and Deborah Ramirez both accused Kavanaugh of sexual assault during his confirmation process. Kavanaugh, who was ultimately confirmed by a 50-48 margin, has denied all of the allegations and declined to answer questions about the new accusation to The Times on Saturday.