EXCLUSIVE — Trump: I would fill Supreme Court vacancy before 2020 election

The Hill logoPresident Trump on Monday said he would make a nomination to the Supreme Court if there’s a vacancy before the 2020 presidential election.

“Would I do that? Of course,” Trump said in an exclusive interview with The Hill when asked if he would try to fill a high court vacancy during election season.

The position is an apparent reversal for the president, who as a candidate in 2016 backed Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s (R-Ky.) decision to block former President Obama’s nomination of Merrick Garland to the high court.

View the complete June 24 article by Jordan Fabian and Saagar Enjeti on The Hill website here.