Todd Blanche, Senate and attorney general
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The DOJ has faced intense scrutiny for not releasing enough documents from the Epstein files and not redacting enough women's names and photographs.
President Trump's nomination for Blanche's as the next attorney general has been held up in a Senate committee over the anti-weaponization fund. The rescindment could clear the way for confirmation.
At a forum, the professor raised concerns about how Blanche’s conflicts of interests involving 1968 Wharton graduate and President Donald Trump would undermine the Department of Justice’s independence.
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Trump says he will pull Blanche’s attorney general nomination until Cornyn leaves officeThe president suggested Cornyn was holding up Todd Blanche’s nomination because he endorsed Ken Paxton over the senior senator. Cornyn said it has nothing to do with their political history.
Todd Blanche looks set to become America’s next attorney general. Earlier this week, two disgruntled Republican senators, Thom Tillis (NC) and John Cornyn (TX), lifted their holds on Blanche’s nomination,