Thom Tillis isn’t done yet with Donald Trump’s nominees

The outgoing North Carolina senator is moving from his Fed battle to vetting the next attorney general.

Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) speaks with reporters as he departs a Senate Finance Committee hearing on Capitol Hill on April 15, 2026. | Francis Chung/POLITICO

Thom Tillis took on President Donald Trump’s administration in a monthslong battle to quash the criminal investigation into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell — and won.

Now he’s urging those around the president to take his latest ultimatum seriously — that he won’t confirm for attorney general anyone who excuses the events of Jan. 6, 2021.

“Hopefully they’ll take me at my word when I say anybody who equivocated on the Jan. 6 rioters, I just can’t support,” the North Carolina Republican said about Justice Department nominees.

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