Mike Davis, who had worked for Grassley, and I didn't even know at the time, he fought to get this young judge that nobody really knew, a guy named Neil Gorsuch. Gorsuch is absolutely central to the entire thing because Gorsuch in the transition, he kind of comes out of nowhere. I sat on the five man committee to select the next Supreme Court justice with Don McGahn and Mark Paoletta. (19:01–19:08)
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Asserts that Neil Gorsuch was central to the transition and emerged unexpectedly.
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