White House counsel Don McGahn, the man who shepherded through Trump’s first two Supreme Court picks, is long gone. But his playbook remains.
Trump and his team have zeroed in two female judges as the top candidates — Amy Coney Barrett, seen as the frontrunner, and Barbara Lagoa — but the president plans to interview each of the five candidates he is considering, said one White House official. He will want to interview the top candidate in-person, said a second White House aide.
But Barrett has the strong backing of several influential anti-abortion groups, and her record excites the Trump base of evangelicals and Catholic voters, whose support for the president has dwindled during the 2020 presidential race., the landmark case establishing abortion rights, said one White House aide, who called the focus on the landmark abortion rights ruling “over-hyped.
Donald McGahn listens as Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Sept. 5, 2018. | Andrew Harnik/AP Photo
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