Judge Brett Kavanaugh, President Trump’s second U.S. Supreme Court nominee, is unlikely to commit during his Senate confirmation hearings next week to recusing himself from any legal cases stemming from investigations of the president, according to a report.

“Pledging a decision on a particular matter or case — including the decision whether to hear the case — for political reasons, like obtaining confirmation votes, would violate the bedrock constitutional principle of judicial independence,” White House deputy press secretary Raj Shah told ABC News. Shah is helping to shepherd Kavanaugh through the confirmation process.