's Chief of Staff Ron Klain told a 'limited number' of people that Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer was retiring shortly before the news was leaked publicly, the number two Senate revealed on Monday. The 83-year-old liberal judge had reportedly been 'blindsided' by the news coming out before he could announce it himself, according to reporting last week. Judiciary Chairman Dick Durbin told reporters that he got a 'surprise' call from White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain on Wednesday morning informing him that Breyer was retiring but asking him to keep it private.
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