Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Sep 21, 2020 / 09:00 am
President Donald Trump announced on Monday that he expects to name his nominee for the Supreme Court by the end of the week. The nomination, Trump's third to the highest court, follows the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, whose funeral services will be held this week.
Speaking to the television program "Fox & Friends," President Trump said that he is "going to make a decision on either Friday or Saturday," and that he "will announce it either Friday or Saturday, and then the work begins." The president added that he would not make the announcement earlier "in all due respect" for the late justice's memorial arrangements.
Justice Ginsburg died September 18, at the age of 87. She had previously been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.
Trump said that he was "looking at five, probably four, but I'm looking at five very seriously" options to replace Ginsburg. Previously, Trump had said he would nominate a woman for the position.