Todd Blanche Just Became Attorney General by One Vote. That Margin Is the Real Story.
Early Saturday morning, while most of the country was asleep, the United States Senate confirmed Todd Blanche as Attorney General of the United States by a vote of 50 to 49. It happened at 4:31 a.m. Two Republicans — Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska — voted no, joining every Democrat in […]
Blanche’s Nomination Just Became a Referendum on Who Gets Immunity
When two of Trump’s own Senate allies balk at his pick for attorney general, the story isn’t loyalty — it’s an $1.8 billion fund that could pay Jan. 6 defendants while everyone else foots the bill.