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

By Melissa Quinn

Published June 28, 2018 8:06pm ET

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Jeff Flake won’t withhold support for Supreme Court nominee over tariffs — Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee speaks with reporters about meeting with Canada's Minister of Foreign Affairs Chrystia Freeland on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, June 13, 2018. The meeting with Freeland comes after President Donald Trump insulted Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at the Group of Seven summit, calling him "dishonest" and "weak," after the prime minister spoke against American tariffs on steel and aluminum. | (J. Scott Applewhite/AP)

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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