Trump Administration Presses Senate to Confirm Todd Blanche Before 1-Week Recess as $1.8 Billion Fund Draws GOP Objections
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Updated · TIME · Jul 31
Trump Administration Presses Senate to Confirm Todd Blanche Before 1-Week Recess as $1.8 Billion Fund Draws GOP Objections
3 articles · Updated · TIME · Jul 31
Summary
One week before the August recess, the White House publicly demanded Todd Blanche’s confirmation as attorney general, with Marco Rubio and Brooke Rollins urging senators not to leave Washington without a vote.
The push aims to overcome resistance from two Republican senators who say they need written DOJ confirmation that a proposed $1.8 billion Anti-Weaponization Fund has been eliminated.
Trump and Blanche have said the fund is dead, but Sen. John Cornyn said Thursday he still has not received that assurance and argued the settlement should not give a president terms unavailable to ordinary citizens.
The pressure campaign followed Trump’s Thursday threat to temporarily withdraw Blanche’s nomination if senators do not act, though he said Friday he understood Cornyn’s opposition after backing his primary rival.