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Trump says he may pull Blanche's attorney general nomination until dissenting senators leave office
- Trump may withdraw and later re-submit Todd Blanche's nomination, saying he'll keep him as acting attorney general until Sens. John Cornyn and Thom Tillis leave office.
- Cornyn and Tillis want written limits: end the proposed $1.8 billion "Anti-Weaponization Fund" and make any tax-audit immunity apply only to existing audits, not future filings.
- Blanche's confirmation is stalled after the Judiciary Committee scrapped a vote — but he can still run the Justice Department as acting or deputy AG, so pulling the nomination would be mostly political.
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