Todd Blanche faces lingering GOP holdouts for attorney general post over ‘anti-weaponization fund’

Blanche from the Judiciary Committee to the full Senate is expected July 30, followed by potential confirmation the first week of August before the upper chamber embarks on a monthlong recess. The panel’s chairman, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA), expressed optimism about Blanche’s ability to proceed with help from Tillis but did not address Cornyn’s outstanding continue reading …