Trump Says He Has ‘No Objection’ to Withdrawing Todd Blanche’s Nomination

Two Republican senators are withholding support as the Senate delays a vote over a disputed DOJ settlement involving Trump allies.

By haggling over the details of Trump's flagrantly corrupt IRS "settlement," dissenting Republican senators give a pass to Blanche's unethical and illegal approval of it.

Todd Blanche’s Nomination Is Actually In Serious Trouble Now  New York Magazine

President Donald Trump on Thursday threatened to withdraw Todd Blanche’s nomination to be attorney general until two Republican senators who have expressed concerns about Blanche leave office in January.

President vows to resubmit his ex-lawyer’s nomination once Sens. John Cornyn and Thom Tillis are no longer in office next year

WASHINGTON — Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche’s nomination to run the Justice Department hung in the balance Thursday as a handful of Senate Republicans vowed not to give him their votes until a nearly $1.8 billion so-called “weaponization” fund — formed as a result of President Trump’s lawsuit against the IRS — is

A vote to advance the nomination of President Trump's attorney general pick, Todd Blanche, has been stalled as two Republican senators withhold their support. CBS News' Caitlin Huey-Burns provides context.

Survivors of Jeffrey Epstein launch final effort to block Todd Blanche's nomination for Attorney General  CNN

Republican Senators postponed a vote on Todd Blanche's nomination as attorney general amid concerns over his handling of the Trump-IRS settlement.

The US Department of Justice said in a statement after the vote was postponed that it remains ready to work productively with senators Cornyn and Tillis to advance Blanche’s confirmation.

Committee delays vote to advance Todd Blanche’s nomination for attorney general as key Republicans withhold support

Sens. John Cornyn and Thom Tillis demanded written proposals to modify the Trump IRS settlement, derailing Todd Blanche's confirmation vote.

Also, Fauci invokes the Fifth Amendment. Here’s the latest at the end of Wednesday.

Sen. John Cornyn says the DOJ has failed to satisfy his concerns about a deal to shield President Donald Trump and others from IRS tax audits.

Donald Trump returned to the White House vowing to release the so-called Epstein files. Millions of pages of documents later, little action has been taken, and the women who were subjected to his abuse were left feeling retraumatized and let down. Vanity Fair speaks to five Epstein survivors about how they met the pred