NEW: Trump, Blanche Concede – Cut Deal with Cornyn

Ed Morrissey· Aug 3, 2026 · 12:40 PM UTC ·4 min read · 0 reactions · 0 comments · 2 views

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NEW: Trump, Blanche Concede – Cut Deal with Cornyn Ed Morrissey 8:40 AM | August 03, 2026 AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein The good news: Todd Blanche should win confirmation in the US Senate this week and fully succeed Pam Bondi as Attorney General. The bad news, at least for the White House: The anti-weaponization fund got spiked as the cost of doing business with John Cornyn and Thom Tillis. John Cornyn (R-Texas) and Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) had blocked Blanche’s path through the Judiciary Committee until the Justice Department formally agreed to narrow the immunity deal and scrap the weaponization fund.It wasn't just Cornyn and Tillis that threatened to sink Blanche over the fund and immunity deals.

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▪NEW: Trump, Blanche Concede – Cut Deal with Cornyn Ed Morrissey 8:40 AM | August 03, 2026 AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein The good news: Todd Blanche should win confirmation in the US Senate this week and fully succeed Pam Bondi as Attorney Gene
▪The bad news, at least for the White House: The anti-weaponization fund got spiked as the cost of doing business with John Cornyn and Thom Tillis.
▪John Cornyn (R-Texas) and Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) had blocked Blanche’s path through the Judiciary Committee until the Justice Department formally agreed to narrow the immunity deal and scrap the weaponization fund.It wasn't just Cornyn and Ti

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▪ Blanche Gives G.O.P. Senators Written Assurances on Trump’s I.R.S. Deal — NYT — US

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NEW: Trump, Blanche Concede – Cut Deal with Cornyn Ed Morrissey 8:40 AM | August 03, 2026 AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein The good news: Todd Blanche should win confirmation in the US Senate this week and fully succeed Pam Bondi as Attorney General. The bad news, at least for the White House: The anti-weaponization fund got spiked as the cost of doing business with John Cornyn and Thom Tillis. Advertisement googletag.cmd.push(function () { googletag.display("div-gpt-300x250_4"); //googletag.pubads().refresh([gptAdSlot["div-gpt-300x250_4"]]) }); Blanche made the retreat official last night:Breaking overnight: The White House believes it has a deal with GOP senators to advance Todd Blanche’s nomination out of the Senate Judiciary Committee after days of frenzied negotiations.Blanche issued a…

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