Washington (CNN) President Donald Trump on Monday dismissed the allegations of inappropriate sexual behavior levied against his Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, calling them "totally political."

"And for people to come out of the woodwork from 36 years ago and 30 years ago and never mentioned it and all of a sudden it happens, in my opinion it's totally political," he said. "It's totally political."

Trump made the comments as he made his way into the United Nations building in New York for this week's UN General Assembly.

Trump also defended his nominee as "a fine man, with an unblemished past."

The President's comments come at a perilous time for Kavanaugh and once again insert him into a controversy that many Republicans fear could jeopardize their standing with women ahead of the midterm elections.

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