Bloomberg Law
Sept. 29, 2020, 11:38 PM

Trump Offered Barrett Seat Three Days After Ginsburg Died (1)

Madison Alder
Madison Alder
Reporter
Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson
Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson
Reporter

President Donald Trump offered Amy Coney Barrett a seat on the U.S. Supreme Court on Sept. 21, three days after Ruth Bader Ginsburg died, according to a Senate questionnaire.

“The President offered me the nomination on that day, and I accepted, subject to finalizing the vetting process,” Barrett said in answers to the Senate Judiciary Committee questionnaire released Tuesday.

Coney was contacted on Sept. 19 by White House Counsel Pat Cipollone and Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, Barrett said. She spoke to both again the next day and Meadows invited her to Washington, an invitation Trump “later called to confirm,” ...

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