Todd Blanche’s US attorney general prospects in question as vote looms

Republican John Cornyn says he will not back nomination without written confirmation $1.8bn slush fund is dead Todd Blanche’s hopes of becoming US attorney general seemed to be in jeopardy on Wednesday after the Department of Justice did not provide written assurances to a key Republican senator that a $1.8bn slush fund was dead. The US Senate judiciary committee will hold a vote on Thursday on whether to advance Blanche’s nomination. Continue reading...

Sam Levine in New York City · Wed, Jul 29, 2026, 1:21 PM
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Todd Blanche’s US attorney general prospects in question as vote looms

Republican John Cornyn says he will not back nomination without written confirmation $1.8bn slush fund is dead

Todd Blanche’s hopes of becoming US attorney general seemed to be in jeopardy on Wednesday after the Department of Justice did not provide written assurances to a key Republican senator that a $1.8bn slush fund was dead.

The US Senate judiciary committee will hold a vote on Thursday on whether to advance Blanche’s nomination.

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