Furthermore, the five names Trump added to his list of Federalist Approved judges last November was to get Kavanaugh on that list. The other four names were considered cover, per source.
In other words: the decision has been baked for a while:
W/ @frankthorp
In other words: the decision has been baked for a while:
W/ @frankthorp
To be clear: This is from one source and dont have any info on whether potus talked to kennedy about a possible replacement.
Here’s Politico’s version: politico.com/story/2018/07/…
I’ve deleted this tweet because it incorrectly implies a transactional nature in Kennedy’s replacement. I am told by a source who was not directly part of the talks that Kennedy provided Pres. Trump/ WH a list of acceptable replacements. (1/2) 
Kavanaugh was the only one who was thought conservative enough to consider, I’m told. They added Kavanaugh – and 4 other names - to the public Federalist list that Trump would choose from in November. We are continuing to report this story. (2/2)
