GOP senators to advance Blanche after $1.8B fund terminated

President Trump’s nominee for attorney general, Todd Blanche, is advancing toward Senate confirmation after the Justice Department terminated a $1.8 billion 'anti-weaponization fund' that had stalled his nomination. Republican Senators John Cornyn and Thom Tillis, who previously blocked Blanche’s nomination, announced they are satisfied with the fund’s termination and plan to support moving his nomination forward. The Senate Judiciary Committee is scheduled to vote on Blanche’s nomination on Tuesday.