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'Where does it stop?' Todd Blanche's 'lawfare' haunts him as another GOP senator defects
Trump Wants an Attorney General, Not a Law OfficerThe real fact patternDonald Trump’s nomination of Todd Blanche for attorney general is running into resistance from Republicans who understand exactly what is being asked of them: confirm a loyalist who will treat the Justice Department as an instrument of Trump’s will. Sen. Bill Cassidy is objecting because Blanche’s department appears to be pursuing Cassidy Hutchinson, a January 6 witness, and Sen. John Cornyn is floating objections over a Trump “anti-weaponization” slush fund and an IRS immunity deal for the Trump family.Power sits with…
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