PoliticsTrump may withdraw Blanche attorney general nomination as Republican senators withhold support

President Trump may pull Todd Blanche’s nomination to become attorney general and defer the matter until next year. Two Republican senators are refusing to move Blanche forward in the confirmation process. John Cornyn and Thom Tillis have threatened to block the nomination unless Trump and the Justice Department formally end a controversial “anti-weaponization” fund. Their opposition has created a hurdle for the administration’s effort to advance Blanche’s nomination.