President Donald Trump told reporters Friday that Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) is holding up the confirmation of Todd Blanche as attorney general because he is angry Trump endorsed Ken Paxton in Texas’s Republican U.S. Senate primary.
Cornyn, who is on the Judiciary Committee and whose support is critical to advancing Blanche’s nomination out of the committee, is withholding any support of Blanche, the acting attorney general, until he receives written assurances from the Justice Department “that the fund be rescinded and that the scope of the IRS audit immunity agreement in the settlement be narrowed,” as ABC News reported.
At Friday’s cabinet meeting at Camp David, Trump said Cornyn is...
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