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Major vote held on Todd Blanche's controversial attorney general nomination
The Justice Department, Refitted for LoyaltyA nomination built on personal protectionThe Senate Judiciary Committee advanced Todd Blanche’s nomination for attorney general after Blanche rescinded a nearly $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund that would have paid out to Trump supporters. That concession cleared Republican holdouts and moved Trump’s former personal lawyer closer to permanently running the Justice Department. The immediate story is about committee math. The actual story is about power: a president trying to lock the country’s chief law enforcement office into personal…
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