Trump’s pick for US attorney general Todd Blanche in jeopardy as vote postponed
by Sam Levine in New York City from US news | The Guardian on (#77AX0)
Republican John Cornyn says he will not back nomination without written confirmation $1.8bn slush fund is dead
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.
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