Three White House officials who were reportedly planning to leave their jobs will likely stay through the Supreme Court nomination process, according to an ABC News report.

White House counsel Don McGahn, legislative affairs director Marc Short and domestic policy director Andrew Bremberg all recently expressed a desire to leave the White House, but each said they will stay following Justice Anthony Kennedy’s retirement, ABC reported.

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Bremberg did not explicitly say he is staying for the nomination process, according to ABC.

President Trump Donald John TrumpBiden on Trump's refusal to commit to peaceful transfer of power: 'What country are we in?' Romney: 'Unthinkable and unacceptable' to not commit to peaceful transition of power Two Louisville police officers shot amid Breonna Taylor grand jury protests MORE is looking for a replacement for Kennedy, who announced his July 31 retirement earlier this week. He said he will announce his nominee by July 9.

McGahn’s team will lead the nomination process, sources told ABC. Short and Bremberg will likely take on more minor roles in the process, according to ABC.

Short told ABC the White House is hoping to have the new court by November 1.

"It's kind of like of domino,” Short said. “In July we'll be making sure the proper papers were assembled that senators will ask for, and then in August we will be consumed with individual meetings. Hopefully them being here in August -- we'd like to assume the hearing by the end of the summer.”

The nomination process could turn out to be an uphill battle, with Democrats resisting Trump’s pick.

The news of McGahn, Short and Bremberg’s decisions to stay come as reports emerge that Trump’s chief of staff John Kelly John Francis KellyMORE is planning to depart the White House as soon as this summer.

The Trump White House has had more first-year departures than any other president in at least 40 years, according to Axios.