Jeff Flake won’t withhold support for Supreme Court nominee over tariffs

Published June 28, 2018 8:06pm ET



Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., who is threatening to delay President Trump’s nominees to the federal appeals courts, will not tie his support for the president’s pick to succeed Justice Anthony Kennedy on the Supreme Court to other issues.

“My goal here is not to block judges. My goal is to get a vote on tariffs, and I have all the leverage I need with circuit court nominees,” Flake told the Arizona Republic.

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