总统唐纳德·特朗普美国广播公司证实，周一会见了艾米·科尼·巴雷特，这位保守的联邦上诉法院法官被认为是他接替鲁斯·巴德·金斯伯格大法官的首选人选。
特朗普周一表示，他“可能”会在周六公布他的最高法院选择——出于对金斯伯格和本周为她举行的纪念仪式的尊重。
特朗普周一下午离开白宫前往俄亥俄州竞选时对记者说:“我们会做出决定，可能是周六，但也可能是周五或周六。”
2020年9月18日，华盛顿，唐纳德·特朗普总统在白宫布雷迪新闻简报室举行新闻发布会。
当天早些时候，特朗普在一次漫长的电话采访中告诉《福克斯与朋友》，他倾向于等到国家有机会向已故的法官致敬时再宣布。
“我们想表达敬意。据我所知，我们可能会在周四或周五举行仪式，我认为从各方面来看，我们应该等到金斯伯格法官的仪式结束后再举行，”他补充说。
2020年9月19日，人们在华盛顿最高法院外摆放鲜花，纪念助理法官鲁斯·巴德·金斯伯格。
最高法院周一上午晚些时候宣布，这位已故的法官将于周三和周四在法院前安息，并于周五在美国国会大厦安息。下周将在阿灵顿国家公墓举行私人葬礼。
特朗普说，他正在从五名决赛选手中进行选择，他们都是女性，但他暗示有几名领先者。
当被问及他是否倾向于名单上的一名候选人时，特朗普说:“我有一两个我认为是——他们都很出色，但我有一两个想法。”
特朗普表示，他将亲自会见他的候选名单上的至少一些人，这是他最近几天已经与其中一些人谈过的。
美国巡回法官艾米·科尼·巴雷特是圣母大学的前法学教授。
多位熟悉总统及其顾问想法的消息人士周末告诉美国广播公司新闻，巴雷特是特朗普潜在提名人名单上填补金斯堡席位的主要竞争者。
巴雷特是特朗普在2018年寻找安东尼·肯尼迪(Anthony M. Kennedy)继任者的四名决赛选手之一。
她于2017年10月被芝加哥美国第七巡回上诉法院确认，是前圣母大学法学教授，曾为已故法官安东宁·斯卡利亚(Antonin Scalia)担任神职人员。
佛罗里达州最高法院大法官芭芭拉·拉戈阿(Barbara Lagoa)目前是美国第十一巡回上诉法院的美国巡回法官，在2019年的一张照片中。
据美国广播公司(ABC News)报道，特朗普周一表示，本周晚些时候在佛罗里达州时，他可能会会见另一位主要候选人芭芭拉·拉戈阿(Barbara Lagoa)。拉戈阿是古巴裔美国人，在佛罗里达州担任联邦法官。
“我可能。她很受重视。她得到了很多支持，”特朗普说。“我不认识她，但我听说她很出色。”
在周一上午的福克斯新闻上，特朗普在解释拉戈亚是如何进入他的决赛名单时，注意到她来自必须获胜的佛罗里达州。
“嗯，她很优秀。她是西班牙裔。据我所知，她是个了不起的女人。我不认识她。佛罗里达;我们爱佛罗里达。所以，她有很多东西。非常聪明，”特朗普谈到拉戈亚时说，
特朗普再次表示，他希望参议院在11月3日的选举之前投票选举他的提名人。
当被问及他对选举后投票的担忧时，特朗普表示，他“不担心”，但认为最好由国家来决定。
“没关系，我只是觉得这样会更好。他们问我愿不愿意——我宁愿在选举前得到它。我认为这对我们的国家更好。我们会挑选出优秀的、非常合格的人。他们都是合格的，但是有些人是杰出的。特朗普说:“我宁愿看到这一切都发生在选举之前，所以在11月3日之前。”
特朗普早些时候对金斯伯格据报道的临终愿望表示怀疑，即11月3日当选下届总统的人选择她的继任者——告诉《福克斯和老友记》的主持人，“所以这是风出来的。让我想想。我的意思是，也许她做了，也许她没有”——周一下午，她继续怀疑这是她告诉她的孙女。
当记者问及“你凭什么认为金斯伯格法官最后的遗言——应该是最后的愿望——是编造出来的?”他回答说，“是的，在我听来好像是另外一个人。我不相信-有可能。有可能。可能也不会。只是太——只是太方便了。”
Trump meets with Barrett, says Supreme Court pick 'probably' coming Saturday
PresidentDonald Trumpmet Monday with Amy Coney Barrett, a conservative federal appeals court judge seen as the top contender to be his choice to replace Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, ABC News has confirmed.
Trump said Monday that he will "probably" reveal his Supreme Court pick on Saturday -- out of deference to Ginsburg and memorial ceremonies this week in her honor.
"We'll make a decision, probably Saturday, but Friday or Saturday," Trump told reporters as he departed the White House Monday afternoon on his way to campaign in Ohio.
President Donald Trump holds a press conference in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Sept. 18, 2020, in Washington.
Earlier in the day, Trump told "Fox and Friends" in a long phone interview that he was inclined to wait to make his announcement until the country has had a chance to pay respects to the late justice.
“And we want to pay respect. It looks like we will have probably services on Thursday, or Friday, as I understand it, and I think in all due respect we should we wait until the services are over for Justice Ginsburg," he added.
People place flowers outside of the Supreme Court in memory of Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, in Washington, on Sept. 19, 2020.
The Supreme Court announced later Monday morning that the late justice will lie in repose in front of the court on Wednesday and Thursday and will lie in state at the U.S. Capitol on Friday. A private interment service will be held next week at Arlington National Cemetery.
Trump said he is choosing from among a list of five finalists, all of them women, but signaled there are a couple of front-runners.
“I have one or two that I think are -- they’re all outstanding but I have one or two that have in mind,” Trump said when asked if he’s leaning toward one of the candidates on his list.
Trump said he will meet in-person with at least some of those on his shortlist and that's he's already spoken with some of them in recent days.
U.S. Circuit Judge Amy Coney Barrett is a former law professor at the University of Notre Dame.
Barrett is the lead contender on Trump's list of potential nominees to fill Ginsburg's seat, multiple sources familiar with the thinking of the president and his advisers told ABC News over the weekend.
Barrett was one of four finalists in Trump's search for Justice Anthony M. Kennedy's replacement in 2018.
She was confirmed in October 2017 to the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago and is a former Notre Dame law professor who had clerked for the late Justice Antonin Scalia.
Florida Supreme Court Justice Barbara Lagoa, currently a United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, poses in a 2019 photo.
Trump said Monday he could meet with another of the leading candidates ABC News has reported, Barbara Lagoa, when he is in Florida later this week. Lagoa, a Cuban American, serves as a federal judge in Florida.
“I may. She’s highly thought of. And she’s got a lot of support," Trump said. "I don't know her, but I hear that she’s outstanding."
On Fox News Monday morning, Trump made note of the fact Lagoa hails from the must-win state of Florida in explaining how she made it onto his finalists list.
"Well, she's excellent. She's Hispanic. She's a terrific woman, from everything I know. I don't know her. Florida; we love Florida. So, she's got a lot of things. Very smart," Trump said of Lagoa,
Trump again expressed his wish for the Senate to vote on his nominee ahead of the Nov. 3 election.
Asked what his concern would be with a post-election vote, Trump said he had “no concern” but thinks it would be better for the country to have it decided.
“No concern, I just think it would be better. They asked would I rather have it -- I’d rather have it before the election. I think it would be better for our country. And we will pick somebody that is outstanding, very qualified. They are all qualified, but somebody that is outstanding. I’d rather see it all take place before the election, so before November third,” Trump said.
Trump, who had earlier expressed skepticism about Ginsburg's reported dying wish that the person elected as the next president on Nov. 3 pick her replacement -- telling "Fox and Friends" anchors, “So that came out of the wind. Let’s see. I mean, maybe she did and maybe she didn’t" -- continued to cast doubt Monday afternoon that that's what she had told her granddaughter.
When asked by a reporter, "What makes you think that the last words -- supposedly the last wishes of Justice Ginsburg were made up?" he responded, "Yeah, it just sounds to me like it would be somebody else. I don’t believe -- it could be. It could be. And it might not be, too. Just too -- it was just too convenient."
