Blanche AG nomination advance from Senate panel on party-line vote

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche's nomination advanced via a 12-10 party-line vote in the Senate Judiciary Committee after two Republican senators, John Cornyn and Thom Tillis, secured assurances that President Donald Trump's 'anti-weaponization' fund is rescinded. The agreement included a Justice Department interpretive guidance reaffirming tax audit immunity for Trump and his associates is limited to a specific lawsuit, which Trump voluntarily dropped in May.