Trump picks conservative Kavanaugh as Supreme Court nominee: NBC

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump has chosen conservative federal appeals court Judge Brett Kavanaugh as his nominee for U.S. Supreme Court Justice, NBC News reported on Monday, just before the official White House announcement.

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, Judge Brett Kavanaugh speaks, moments after being sworn-in at a Rose Garden ceremony at the White House, in Washington, DC, U.S., June 1, 2006. REUTERS/Larry Downing/File Photo

Kavanaugh would replaced retiring Justice Anthony Kennedy if confirmed by the U.S. Senate.

Reporting by Eric Beech; Writing by Eric Walsh

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