Donald Trump nominated appeals court judge Brett Kavanaugh Monday to fill the Supreme Court seat left vacant by outgoing justice Anthony Kennedy.
In his second SCOTUS-related made-for-TV moment since becoming president, Trump unveiled his choice at 9 p.m. ET, teasing the primetime event during the weekend and Monday morning. Though moments before the big reveal, media outlets began to report that Trump had picked Kavanaugh after he was seen leaving the nearby D.C. Circuit accompanied by security detail.
The 53-year-old Yale Law School graduate has served on the D.C. appeals court since 2006, having been nominated by George W. Bush in 2003.