Todd Blanche’s US attorney general prospects dim as vote looms
Todd Blanche leaves a meeting on Capitol Hill on Wednesday in Washington DC. Photograph: Kevin Dietsch/Getty ImagesView image in fullscreenTodd Blanche leaves a meeting on Capitol Hill on Wednesday in Washington DC. “We actually sent them a red-line strikeout of what we need, and they just need to make a decision.
- ▪Todd Blanche leaves a meeting on Capitol Hill on Wednesday in Washington DC.
- ▪Photograph: Kevin Dietsch/Getty ImagesView image in fullscreenTodd Blanche leaves a meeting on Capitol Hill on Wednesday in Washington DC.
- ▪“We actually sent them a red-line strikeout of what we need, and they just need to make a decision.
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Todd Blanche leaves a meeting on Capitol Hill on Wednesday in Washington DC. Photograph: Kevin Dietsch/Getty ImagesView image in fullscreenTodd Blanche leaves a meeting on Capitol Hill on Wednesday in Washington DC. Photograph: Kevin Dietsch/Getty ImagesTrump administrationTodd Blanche’s US attorney general prospects in question as vote loomsRepublican John Cornyn says he will not back nomination without written confirmation $1.8bn slush fund is deadSam Levine in New York CityWed 29 Jul 2026 16.21 EDTFirst published on Wed 29 Jul 2026 16.13 EDTSharePrefer the Guardian on GoogleTodd 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…
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