GOP Senator Cornyn and Tillis Threaten to Withhold Support for Blanche to Be Attorney General

On Capitol Hill, a critical vote on Todd Blanche’s nomination to be attorney general has been postponed. Republican Senators John Cornyn of Texas and Thom Tillis of North Carolina have threatened to withhold their support for Blanche if he does not provide written limits on the controversial settlement reached between Trump and the IRS over Trump’s unprecedented lawsuit against the agency. Cornyn and Tillis are seeking written assurances that the Justice Department will not create a $1.776 billion fund for Trump’s allies, including January 6 insurrectionists. The senators also want to scale back the part of the settlement that exempted Trump from IRS audits. Before joining the Justice Department, Blanche served as Trump’s personal attorney. On Wednesday, a group of Jeffrey Epstein survivors lobbied senators to vote against Blanche, saying that he was “very condescending” to them during their meeting earlier this month. www.democracynow.org