The Senate Judiciary Committee voted to advance the nomination of Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche for the full post along party lines on Tuesday, setting up a floor vote of the full Senate to confirm him as as attorney general.
Blanche was advanced 12-10 out of committee, after outgoing Sens. John Cornyn, R-Texas, and Thom Tillis, R-N.C., threatened to tank the nomination over the Justice Department’s $1.776 billion anti-weaponization fund, meant to provide restitution to victims of government weaponization under the Biden administration.
