Confirmation hearing for Trump's Supreme Court pick to start Oct. 12
By Jordain Carney - 09/26/20 02:15 PM EDT
The Senate Judiciary Committee will start a four-day hearing for President Trump's Supreme Court nominee on Oct. 12, a person familiar with the schedule confirmed to The Hill.
The schedule will pave the way for Republicans to hold a vote on the nomination before the Nov. 3 election, setting a record for the closest date to a presidential election that a Supreme Court pick has been confirmed.
Though other nominees have been confirmed in a fewer number of days, they were farther away from the presidential election.
Chairman Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) is expected to announce the committee's schedule later Saturday, once Trump formally names a replacement for the vacancy created by the death of the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
Trump is expected to nominate Judge Amy Coney Barrett, multiple sources confirmed to The Hill on Friday.
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