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Trump Attends Kavanaugh Ceremony at Supreme Court

Trump Attends Kavanaugh Ceremony at Supreme Court
President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump get into their motorcade at the White House to travel to the Supreme Court of the U.S. for the investiture ceremony for Associate Justice of the Supreme Court Brett Kavanaugh on Thursday in Washington, D.C. (Ron Sachs - Pool/Getty Images)

Thursday, 08 November 2018 01:14 PM EST

President Donald Trump has visited the Supreme Court for the ceremonial swearing-in of new Justice Brett Kavanaugh.

The president and first lady Melania Trump also met privately with the justices before Thursday's brief courtroom ceremony.

Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker took part in the ceremony for an invitation-only crowd that included Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, retired Justice Anthony Kennedy and many of Kavanaugh's former colleagues. Among them was Judge Merrick Garland, whose high court nomination McConnell blocked in 2016.

Kavanaugh was nominated to take Kennedy's seat and confirmed last month amid allegations he sexually assaulted a woman decades ago. Kavanaugh denied it.

Chief Justice John Roberts administered the oath Kavanaugh took when he was officially sworn in October.

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, hospitalized with fractured ribs, was absent.

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President Donald Trump has visited the Supreme Court for the ceremonial swearing-in of new Justice Brett Kavanaugh. The president and first lady Melania Trump also met privately with the justices before Thursday's brief courtroom ceremony.
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Thursday, 08 November 2018 01:14 PM
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