Todd Blanche Wins Over G.O.P. Holdouts on AG Confirmation After Assurances on Trump IRS Deal

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.

Blanche Concedes, Paves Way for Senate Confirmation  CNN

Legal experts told Newsweek there are lingering questions about Blanche's deal with Republican senators to advance his nomination.

Todd Blanche's AG bid gets major boost as GOP senators end holdout  USA Today

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche rescinded the $1.8 billion "anti-weaponization fund" ahead of his possible Senate confirmation. CBS News' Nikole Killion has the latest.

The battle over Todd Blanche’s nomination as attorney general has affirmed the undeniable reality that corruption is the rotten core of the Trump administration.

Todd Blanche Reaches Deal With GOP Holdouts, Paves Way For Confirmation Vote

WASHINGTON — Two key Republican holdouts have agreed to back Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, clearing the path to his confirmation following days of dramatic and public negotiations. Senators Thom Tillis of North Carolina and John Cornyn of Texas put out a statement on Monday announcing that they had successfully

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Trump’s attorney general pick scraps an “anti-weaponization” fund in a deal with holdout senators.

Blanche appeared to meet request to limit the scope of an IRS audit immunity deal that covered the Trump family.

The president is still pushing the idea of using taxpayer money to reward Capitol rioters, contradicting the attorney general nominee's assurance that it won't happen.

Congress spent the spring in an uproar over Trump’s proposed $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund. That fight was necessary. But it was also, in a sense, the easy one.

Washington Examiner Justice Department reporter Kaelan Deese said tension in the Senate over acting Attorney General Todd Blanche’s nomination could still lead to a full vote. “Ultimately, it seems like that there is more broad Republican support for Blanche,” Deese said on Fox News’s LiveNow streaming network.  Blanch

President calls for former personal defense lawyer to be ‘immediately approved’ as attorney general Donald Trump has defended controversial plans for a $1.8bn slush fund even as they threaten to derail the nomination of his former personal lawyer Todd Blanche for US attorney general. Blanche “should be immediately appr

Trump also said Todd Blanche "should be immediately approved as US Attorney General".

Trump defends 'anti-weaponization' fund as Blanche nomination stalls  Reuters

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche's nomination to lead the Department of Justice full-time is in limbo. Two Republican senators, John Cornyn of Texas and Thom Tillis of North Carolina, say they will oppose Blanche's nomination unless the DOJ kills a $1.8 billion fund to provide payments to people who believe they ha