President Donald Trump has expressed openness to temporarily withdrawing Todd Blanche as his nominee for attorney general due to resistance from two Republican senators, John Cornyn of Texas and Thom Tillis of North Carolina.
Background
Trump stated he would then renominate Blanche after Cornyn and Tillis leave the Senate in the new year. The president praised Blanche, currently serving as acting attorney general, as a “STAR” with the potential to be one of the greatest attorneys general of all time.
Trump criticized Cornyn and Tillis for refusing to back Blanche, citing their past votes for Merrick Garland and others. The nomination has been embroiled in a weeks-long battle over the administration’s $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund.
Original reporting: El Paso News (HLL/CB) — read the source article.