Blanche confirmation delayed over GOP demands on ‘slush fund’
- Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche‘s nomination for a permanent role is currently stalled in the Senate.
- Republican senators, led by John Cornyn and Thom Tillis, are blocking the confirmation over the White House’s proposed $1.776 billion “weaponization fund.”
- Senators refer to the fund as a “slush fund” intended to reward individuals prosecuted by the Department of Justice under Joe Biden.
- President Donald Trump suggested Senator Cornyn’s opposition stemmed from a past primary endorsement issue, a claim Cornyn denied.
- Blanche’s full Senate vote has been officially delayed, and negotiations are ongoing, highlighting a growing pattern of Senate resistance to Trump’s demands.
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