Cornyn says there’s no deal on Blanche AG nomination: ‘They know what they have to do’

Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) on Tuesday said there is still not a deal with the Trump administration that would pave the way for him to vote for Todd Blanche’s nomination to serve as attorney general, which could result in Blanche getting stuck in the Senate Judiciary Committee.

“Fake news alert: there is no ‘deal’ on Blanche nom. They know what they have to do,” Cornyn posted on X, the social media platform.

The Judiciary Committee is scheduled to vote on Blanche’s nomination on Thursday.

Cornyn, a senior member of the Judiciary Committee, and Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), a fellow Republican on the panel, have pushed the Department of Justice to renegotiate a settlement with President Trump to make it explicitly clear that the federal government will not establish a $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund to compensate people who say they were unfairly prosecuted during the Biden administration.

Blanche, the acting attorney general, has repeatedly told senators that the proposed legal compensation fund, which was........

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