--- title: Donald Trump Jr Worried for Sons Amid Kavanaugh Accusations description: Donald Trump Jr., said the fallout over sexual assault allegations against Brett Kavanaugh worries him more for his sons than his daughters. canonical: https://time.com/5411586/donald-trump-jr-brett-kavanaugh-sons-daughters/ author: Katie Reilly article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-10-01T16:59:39.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:53:09.336Z article:section: Politics og:title: Donald Trump Jr. Says Kavanaugh Accusations Make Him More Worried For His Sons Than Daughters og:description: The FBI is investigating multiple claims of sexual misconduct against Kavanaugh og:url: https://time.com/5411586/donald-trump-jr-brett-kavanaugh-sons-daughters/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf2a1f64b31c92ecf/69893b8a096a94ebe36a3956/donald-trump-jr-kavanaugh-accusations.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 7360 og:image:height: 4140 og:image:alt: Donald Trump Jr. and Kimberly Guilfoyle in Montana in support of Matt Rosendale og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Donald Trump Jr. Says Kavanaugh Accusations Make Him More Worried For His Sons Than Daughters twitter:description: The FBI is investigating multiple claims of sexual misconduct against Kavanaugh twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf2a1f64b31c92ecf/69893b8a096a94ebe36a3956/donald-trump-jr-kavanaugh-accusations.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Donald Trump Jr. Says Kavanaugh Accusations Make Him More Worried for His Sons Than His Daughters > Sponsored content. 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He made the remarks during a statement in a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee._  by [Katie Reilly](https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Oct 1, 2018 4:59 PM UTC  Donald Trump Jr. speaks at a campaign rally in support of Montana Senate candidate Matt Rosendale in Bozeman, Montana on Sept. 25, 2018. Donald Trump Jr. speaks at a campaign rally in support of Montana Senate candidate Matt Rosendale in Bozeman, Montana on Sept. 25, 2018. William Campbell—Corbis/Getty Images  by [Katie Reilly](https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Oct 1, 2018 4:59 PM UTC Donald Trump Jr., said the fallout over the sexual assault allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh has made him more concerned for his sons than for his daughters. “I’ve got boys and I’ve got girls, and when I see what’s going on right now, it’s scary for all things,” Trump Jr. said in an [interview with DailyMail TV](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6224635/Donald-Trump-Jr-Kimberly-Guilfoyle-DailyMail-TV-Boys-harmed-said-said-cases.html) that will air Monday and Tuesday. Asked who he is “scared most for” — his sons or his daughters — Trump Jr. said, “right now, I’d say my sons.” President Donald Trump’s oldest child has three sons and two daughters with his estranged wife, Vanessa. > [](https://twitter.com/DailyMailTV/status/1046762300990926848) Christine Blasey Ford [testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee](http://time.com/5408567/christine-blasey-ford-science-of-memory/) last week that Kavanaugh had held her down on a bed, covered her mouth and tried to remove her clothes at a high-school party. Two more women [have also accused Kavanaugh](http://time.com/5411223/fbi-deborah-ramirez-brett-kavanaugh/) of sexual misconduct, but he has denied all the allegations. The Senate hearings became a national moment, [especially for women](http://time.com/5408503/brett-kavanaugh-christine-blasey-ford-hearings-women-reaction/?xid=tcoshare) and [for victims of sexual assault](http://time.com/5408773/christine-blasey-ford-sexual-assault-survivors-testimony/), many of whom related personally to Ford’s story and rallied behind her. The FBI is [now investigating](http://time.com/5411223/fbi-deborah-ramirez-brett-kavanaugh/) the claims against Kavanaugh before his nomination is brought to a vote. Trump Jr.’s comments echoed [the sentiments of his father](http://time.com/5407665/president-trump-press-conference-transcript/), who said last week that the Kavanaugh accusations set a “very, very dangerous standard for our country.” “You’re guilty until proven innocent,” the President said, calling the Kavanaugh accusations [a “Democratic con game”](http://time.com/5405928/trump-kavanaugh-con-game/) During his testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Kavanaugh condemned the accusations as “a calculated and orchestrated political hit, fueled with apparent pent-up anger about President Trump and the 2016 election.” In his [interview with DailyMail TV](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6224635/Donald-Trump-Jr-Kimberly-Guilfoyle-DailyMail-TV-Boys-harmed-said-said-cases.html), Trump Jr., also criticized Ford’s allegation as “so obviously political.” “The other problem is that for the people who are real victims of these things, when it is so obviously political in cases like this, it really diminishes the real claims,” Trump Jr. said. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5411586/donald-trump-jr-brett-kavanaugh-sons-daughters/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5411586/donald-trump-jr-brett-kavanaugh-sons-daughters/"},"headline":"Donald Trump Jr. Says Kavanaugh Accusations Make Him More Worried for His Sons Than His Daughters","datePublished":"2018-10-01T16:59:39.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T07:53:09.336Z","description":"The FBI is investigating multiple claims of sexual misconduct against Kavanaugh","url":"https://time.com/5411586/donald-trump-jr-brett-kavanaugh-sons-daughters/","keywords":["Supreme Court","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf2a1f64b31c92ecf/69893b8a096a94ebe36a3956/donald-trump-jr-kavanaugh-accusations.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Katie Reilly","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf2a1f64b31c92ecf/69893b8a096a94ebe36a3956/donald-trump-jr-kavanaugh-accusations.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Donald Trump Jr. and Kimberly Guilfoyle in Montana in support of Matt Rosendale","caption":"Donald Trump Jr. and Kimberly Guilfoyle in Montana in support of Matt Rosendale","creditText":"William Campbell—Corbis/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/supreme-court/","name":"Supreme Court"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5411586/donald-trump-jr-brett-kavanaugh-sons-daughters/","name":"Donald Trump Jr. Says Kavanaugh Accusations Make Him More Worried for His Sons Than His Daughters"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Supreme Court Nominee Brett Kavanaugh Says That Accusations Against Him Are Part of a \"Political Hit\"","description":"He made the remarks during a statement in a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/vF6f7RC0/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2018-09-27T20:17:54.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/vF6f7RC0.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/5411586/donald-trump-jr-brett-kavanaugh-sons-daughters/","duration":"PT1M46S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/5411586/donald-trump-jr-brett-kavanaugh-sons-daughters/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```