Trump spoke with Sen. Mike Lee about Supreme Court vacancy

By Melissa Quinn

Published July 3, 2018 5:49pm ET

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Trump spoke with Sen. Mike Lee about Supreme Court vacancy — Senate Judiciary Committee member Sen. Michael S. Lee, R-Utah questions Supreme Court Justice nominee Neil Gorsuch on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 21, 2017, during Gorsuch's confirmation hearing before the committee. | (Susan Walsh/AP)

Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, was among those interviewed by President Trump about the Supreme Court vacancy, his office said.

Conn Carroll, a spokesman for the senator, confirmed Trump interviewed Lee on Monday. Lee was in Utah at the time of the call, and the two discussed the senator’s interest in the nomination to fill Kennedy’s seat on the high court, Carroll told the Washington Examiner in an email.

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