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Trump says he could pull Blanche's attorney general nomination until GOP holdouts leave
- President Trump warned he would pull acting Attorney General Todd Blanche’s nomination for the permanent role unless two Senate Republicans who oppose it leave office next year.
- Those two GOP senators are withholding support and have so far blocked advancing Blanche’s nomination to the full Senate.
- NBC’s Julie Tsirkin reports from Capitol Hill on the reasons the senators oppose moving Blanche’s confirmation forward.
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