Spicer: Expect Supreme Court announcement after inauguration

By Sarah Bedford

Published December 29, 2016 4:30pm ET

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Spicer: Expect Supreme Court announcement after inauguration — President-elect Trump will enter the Oval Office with the ability to re-establish the Supreme Court's conservative tilt and the chance to cement it for the long term. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File) | Pablo Martinez Monsivais

Sean Spicer, incoming White House press secretary and communications director, suggested Thursday that President-elect Trump would wait until after his inauguration to appoint a justice to the Supreme Court seat left vacant by Justice Antonin Scalia’s death in February.

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