The Latest: Should Ginsburg recuse over Trump remarks?
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Latest on the 2016 presidential campaign ahead of the Republican and Democratic national conventions (all times EDT):
3:33 p.m.
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's public criticism of Donald Trump is dividing legal experts over whether the leader of the court's liberal wing should recuse herself in any future case involving him.
In an interview with the Associated Press last week Ginsburg said she doesn't want to think about the possibility of a Trump presidency. In subsequent interviews with other media outlets Ginsburg said Trump is a "faker" who "really has an ego."
Trump fired back on Twitter, saying the 83-year-old justice's "mind is shot" and she should resign.
Ethics experts told AP that Ginsburg likely ran afoul of rules barring federal judges from endorsing or opposing political candidates. But those rules aren't binding on Supreme Court justices, who are the final arbiters of their own legal ethics.
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3:03 p.m.
The Republican Party chairman is suggesting that GOP rebels support Donald Trump.
Wednesday's remarks by GOP Chairman Reince Priebus came as the 168-member Republican National Committee gathered for the first time in Cleveland. Some dissidents are organizing an uphill effort to try heading off Trump's nomination.
Priebus did not address the rebellion directly, but he said that that if the party remained divided, it would open the door to a victory by Democrat Hillary Clinton.
Either back Trump, Priebus is suggesting to delegates, or "get comfortable with the phrase, 'President Hillary Clinton.'"
Priebus spoke at a preliminary meeting of the GOP national convention, a day before members of the rules committee are expected to consider changing the nomination process so delegates can back any candidate they wish.
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2:44 p.m.
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is seeking $10 million in damages from a former senior campaign consultant, Sam Nunberg, alleging that Nunberg leaked confidential information to reporters in violation of a nondisclosure agreement.
In a court filing obtained by The Associated Press, Nunberg accuses Trump of trying to silence him "in a misguided attempt to cover up media coverage of an apparent affair" between senior campaign staffers. The document cited a New York Post story about a public quarrel between the staffers published last month.
The legal dispute reflects Trump's efforts to aggressively protect the secrecy of his campaign's inner workings. The case is spelled out in court documents that sought to block private arbitration proceedings that Trump initiated in May.
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2:39 p.m.
Republican Donald Trump is holed up in a downtown Indianapolis hotel meeting with several of his potential running mates as he finalizes his choice.
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, one of Trump's finalists, traveled to Indiana Wednesday and was spotted with Trump's entourage.
Sen. Jeff Sessions was also spotted arriving at the hotel not long after Gingrich left.
Trump, his eldest children and aides also met with Indiana Gov. Mike Pence at the governor's mansion Wednesday morning.
Trump tells Fox News channel he's getting closer to his decision.
He says, "I'm narrowing it down. I mean I'm at three, potentially four. But in my own mind, I probably am thinking about two."
Trump met Tuesday with New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and his family.
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This story has been corrected to fix the spelling of Ginsburg's name in short headline.