Posted on 07/03/2018 10:53:54 AM PDT by SMGFan
Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) interviewed with President Trump about the looming Supreme Court vacancy, the senator’s communications director confirmed Tuesday.
Conn Carroll tweeted confirmation of a Deseret News story that said Lee met with Trump on Monday about the opening that will be created by Justice Anthony Kennedy’s retirement at the end of the month.
Lee, who has expressed interest in the high court in the past, told the news outlet that he spoke with Trump about the position, but did not offer further details.
The senator indicated again last week he's open to being nominated as a Supreme Court justice. He is on the president's list of 25 potential candidates that Trump said he'd use to select Kennedy's replacement, and would seem to have the support of his Republican colleagues in the Senate.
Trump told reporters on Monday that he’d met with four potential nominees to replace Kennedy. The president praised them as “outstanding people," but did not provide their names. He said he plans to meet with two or three more candidates before making a final decision “over the next few days.”
White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders was equally tight-lipped about the identity of Trump's preferred candidates. She said Trump met with four candidates on Monday for 45 minutes, but declined to name names.
The Washington Post reported that federal appeals court judges Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett were among the individuals who met with Trump. Both are considered frontrunners to be nominated as Kennedy's replacement.c
The president said on Friday he had narrowed his list of 25 possible nominees to five, including two women. He has said he plans to announce the pick on July 9.
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This interview was Lee's opportunity to "kiss the ring" beginning a long process. First step: apologize in person.
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Yeah, so did I. I’m not getting nominated either. LOL
Who would want to see Hillary Clinton, Lady Bird Johnson, Michelle Obama or Rosalyn Carter in the buff?
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