AG pick Blanche to meet with Epstein survivors after 2 GOP senators hedge on nomination - CNBC
Attorney General nominee Todd Blanche is meeting with Epstein survivors following pressure from Republican senators on the Judiciary Committee. The confirmation process faces uncertainty as some GOP members remain undecided due to concerns over Blanche's past handling of DOJ files.
Why it matters
The confirmation of a top law enforcement official is a critical political event that reflects internal party tensions and the administration's agenda.
Two Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday said they remained undecided about voting to confirm Todd Blanche for U.S. attorney general, endangering President Donald Trump 's nominee to be the nation's top law enforcement official.
"I am still considering it," Sen. John Cornyn , R-Texas, told MS NOW when asked where he stood on Blanche a day after he and other Judiciary panel members questioned the nominee at the first day of his confirmation hearing about a controversial and now-defunct $1.8 billion Department of Justice fund.
"Yeah," Cornyn said when asked if he was undecided. "Like, I've said that several times."
Cornyn is one of 11 Republicans on the Judiciary Committee, which also includes 10 Democrats. Republicans lost a member when Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., died unexpectedly last weekend. Cornyn is set to leave the Senate in early January, having lost his state's Republican Senate primary in May.
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