Trump’s pick for US attorney general Todd Blanche in jeopardy as vote postponed

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Todd Blanche’s hopes of becoming US attorney general seemed to be in jeopardy on Wednesday after the Department of Justice did not provide written assurances to a key Republican senator that a $1.8bn slush fund was dead. The US Senate judiciary committee postponed a vote scheduled for Thursday on whether to advance Blanche’s nomination. “Chairman [Chuck] Grassley works to set President Trump’s nominees up for success in committee, not failure. Senators [John] Cornyn and [Thom] Tillis want written assurances from the Department of Justice regarding the Trump-IRS settlement,” a committee spokesperson said in a Wednesday statement. “Tomorrow’s markup is postponed as work continues to secure sufficient support in committee to…

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