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On Thursday, reports indicated that President Donald Trump was \u201csurprised\u201d by a Wednesday-night Republican revolt, which blocked and delayed the confirmation of acting Attorney General Todd Blanche. Republican senators who spearheaded the move say they did so because Blanche and the White House have yet to formally kill the anti-weaponization fund that many have decried as a \u201cslush fund\u201d for Trump\u2019s allies. <\/p>\n

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AS MSNOW reports<\/u>, \u201cLate Wednesday night, the Senate Judiciary Committee postponed Thursday\u2019s vote<\/u> to advance Blanche\u2019s nomination after it became clear Republicans didn\u2019t have the votes, with GOP Sens. John Cornyn of Texas and Thom Tillis of North Carolina withholding their support.\u201d The resisting senators say they won\u2019t allow the confirmation until the slush fund is officially ended, which could delay the vote until September or even beyond as the Senate\u2019s summer recess is fast approaching and the White House has been reluctant to kill the fund altogether. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe skepticism surrounding Blanche has centered on the settlement between the IRS and Trump\u2019s DOJ,\u201d MSNOW elaborated. \u201cThe agreement created a $1.776 billion fund for individuals who claimed they were the target of weaponization and it granted Trump, his businesses, his family members and others immunity from IRS investigations \u2014 two provisions that sparked bipartisan pushback.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to MSNOW, \u201cThe White House, for its part, has seemed surprised by the opposition. Blanche has spent weeks meeting with senators, and earlier Wednesday, Trump suggested the confirmation was all but assured. \u2018All I can say is Todd Blanche is outstanding, and I thought it was pretty routine because he\u2019s so good,\u2019 Trump said. \u2018He just wouldn\u2019t find a better person.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Blanche previously worked as Trump\u2019s personal lawyer, which some argue should disqualify him<\/u> from attorney general as it raises questions of conflict of interest and who Blanche would actually serve: Trump or the American people. Recently, during a Senate Judicial Committee hearing, when asked if Blanche was Trump\u2019s \u201cfriend,\u201d the former declared, \u201cI\u2019m his lawyer,\u201d before correcting himself and saying, \u201cWas his lawyer.\u201d<\/p>\n

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What\u2019s more, Blanche has recently angered many who say he\u2019s been dismissive of the concerns of Jeffrey Epstein\u2019s victims, \u201cwith a group of survivors telling reporters outside of Cornyn\u2019s office on Wednesday that Blanche had been \u2018very condescending<\/u>\u2019 when he met with them \u2014 and even told them to \u2018get to the point.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Trump may be surprised by opposition to Blanche, but MSNOW reports that \u201cthe warning signs in the Senate have been building for weeks. Cornyn and Tillis have repeatedly said the anti-weaponization fund must be declared dead in writing and the audit immunity must be narrowed.\u201d What\u2019s more, other GOP lawmakers have their concerns. As Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) said earlier in the week, \u201cI have been waiting to see the outcome of the hearing on the anti-weaponization fund and the IRS issues. I\u2019ve been following closely.\u201d <\/p>\n

The president has his own theories on why Republicans are bucking his demand, saying, \u201cMaybe John Cornyn\u2019s upset with me because I didn\u2019t endorse him.\u201d This was in reference to Trump\u2019s endorsement of Cornyn\u2019s recent primary challenger in Texas, Ken Paxton, who ultimately won the election. <\/p>\n

But Cornyn has dismissed that narrative, saying, \u201cI think that\u2019s a convenient excuse for not cooperating with the Judiciary Committee\u2019s appropriate role in confirmations.\u201d<\/p>\n

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