Blanche Assurances to GOP Holdouts Leave Trump Settlement Intact

In the latest twist to the legal and political controversies embroiling President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Justice Department, Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche on Sunday night shared documents on social media that seemed to clear a major hurdle to the top job.

Senators John Cornyn and Thom Tillis expressed support after Todd Blanche, the acting attorney general, issued a memo abandoning part of a deal the Justice Department had struck with President Trump.