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Trump floats pulling Blanche's nomination for attorney general to avoid conceding to GOP demandsWASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Thursday he may pull acting Attorney General Todd Blanche’s nomination for the full-time post to avoid conceding to Senate Republicans demanding limits to a sweeping tax audit immunity deal benefiting the president and members of his family that Trump negotiated with his own Department of Justice. After failed negotiations forced the delay of a committee vote to advance Blanche's nomination, Trump suggested he was holding firm against pressure from Republican Sens. John Cornyn and Thom Tillis, who have expressed concerns about the controversial settlement of Trump’s lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service that a judge denounced as an exercise in