WASHINGTON _ President Donald Trump's top aides reached out to prominent conservatives over the weekend to discuss potential strategies for the upcoming battle over a vacancy on the Supreme Court created by the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, asking them not to get ahead of the president days before he plans to announce a nominee.
White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, the vice president's chief of staff Marc Short and the president's deputy campaign manager Justin Clark have been reaching out to conservative leaders about the high court vacancy, sources familiar with the conversations told McClatchy.
The Trump campaign reinforced that the president would choose his nominee from a list of candidates publicly issued earlier this month.
