Trump just spoke to reporters aboard Air Force One and said that he will announced his Supreme Court nominee on July 9, which is a week from next Monday:
JUST IN: Trump says he plans to announce his Supreme Court nominee on July 9, says he has five finalists for Supreme Court justice, though may interview seven people pic.twitter.com/od0bZTI0LS
— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) June 29, 2018
BREAKING: President Trump to interview one or two potential Supreme Court picks this weekend, announce final pick on July 9 https://t.co/tD9qdgXqVY
— CNBC Now (@CNBCnow) June 29, 2018
Very SCOTUS newsy AF1 flight, per pool:
— Seung Min Kim (@seungminkim) June 29, 2018
--Trump says he'll announce pick July 9
--He'll interview one or two candidates this weekend
--Down to "about five," inclu. two women
--Won't ask candidates about Roe
--Of Mike Lee, "“he said he’d like the job, usually they don’t say that.”
I haven’t seen where he’s revealed his list, other than to say it’s got two women on it. There’s at least 5 on the overall list, but I think we can assume one of them is Amy Coney Barrett.
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