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Blanche Concedes, Paves Way for Senate Confirmation 

podcast August 3, 2026


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President Trump’s pick to be the nation’s top law enforcement officer is now on the fast track to Senate confirmation after Republican holdouts John Cornyn and Thom Tillis said they’ll vote to confirm Todd Blanche at tomorrow’s committee vote. That ends a two-week standoff between the lame duck senators and the White House over Trump’s so-called anti-weaponization fund. Blanche conceded the fight by signing a letter that effectively kills the fund. Blanche also limited the scope of the tax immunity deal Trump reached with the Treasury Department to protect the president and his family over audits from past tax returns. 

 

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