{"id":1983,"date":"2026-08-03T17:07:59","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T17:07:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/?p=1983"},"modified":"2026-08-03T17:07:59","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T17:07:59","slug":"key-gop-holdouts-agree-to-back-todd-blanche-for-attorney-general","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/?p=1983","title":{"rendered":"Key GOP Holdouts Agree To Back Todd Blanche For Attorney General"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><div><p>WASHINGTON \u2014 Two key Republican holdouts have agreed to back Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, clearing the path to his confirmation following days of dramatic and public negotiations.<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/?p=1980\">ESPN Praises WNBA Coach After Trans Sports Jab At Sophie Cunningham<\/a><\/p><p>Senators Thom Tillis of North Carolina and John Cornyn of Texas put out a statement on Monday announcing that they had successfully negotiated a \u201clegally enforceable document,\u201d gaining clarity from Blanche on the \u201cAnti-Weaponization Fund\u201d as well as the IRS audit. They thanked Blanche and his team for working with them and said they are looking forward to \u201cvoting to advance his nomination out of the Senate Judiciary Committee soon.\u201d<\/p><p>\u201cFrom the outset, we were clear that we needed a written document addressing our concerns on the IRS audit agreement and the anti-weaponization fund that included constraining the scope of audit protection by limiting it to the parties of the Settlement Agreement and legally ending the anti-weaponization fund,\u201d Tillis and Cornyn announced.<\/p><div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1982\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/78154ca3ef69eda297b73eeb5969a6e2-768x512.avif\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/78154ca3ef69eda297b73eeb5969a6e2-768x512.avif 768w, https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/78154ca3ef69eda297b73eeb5969a6e2-300x200.avif 300w, https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/78154ca3ef69eda297b73eeb5969a6e2.avif 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><p>\u201cWe are pleased that the Department of Justice has issued a formal order terminating the anti-weaponization fund,\u201d they added. \u201cAdditionally, the Department has acknowledged in a binding written order that the audit settlement is limited to the plaintiffs and the scope does not extend beyond the defendants in the lawsuit, the IRS and the Treasury, addressing concerns that multiple of our Republican colleagues share.\u201d<\/p><p>The Senate Judiciary Committee will vote on Tuesday on Blanche\u2019s confirmation, and a full Senate floor vote is expected later this week.<\/p><p>The news comes after President Donald Trump suggested last week that he might pull Blanche\u2019s confirmation until the two Republicans blocking his way had departed the Senate.<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/?p=1979\">Swing State Governor Candidate Doubles Down On Radicalism In Event With Hasan Piker<\/a><\/p><p>\u201cRemember, both Cornyn and Tillis voted for Merrick Garland, and others, too numerous to mention,\u201d Trump said in a Truth Social post on Thursday. \u201cI have no objection to temporarily withdrawing Todd\u2019s name, if they do not do the right thing, and putting him back after Cornyn and Tillis are out of office.\u201d<\/p><p>The president described Blanche as a \u201cstar\u201d with the \u201cpotential to go down as one of the Greatest Attorney Generals of All Time,\u201d slamming Cornyn and Tillis for refusing to vote for Blanche.<\/p><p>The senators had threatened to derail Blanche\u2019s nomination over the $1.8 billion \u201canti-weaponization\u201d fund, a plan the DOJ said it had abandoned after pushback from lawmakers and after a Clinton-appointed judge had issued a temporary restraining order on the fund in May. Last Wednesday, Cornyn told Punchbowl News that the DOJ\u2019s written proposal did not satisfy his demands.<\/p><p>\u201cThey know what they need to do, but they simply refuse to do it,\u201d Cornyn said, sharing that he had cancelled a scheduled meeting with Blanche.<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/?p=1977\">Longtime Republican Congressional Stalwart Dead At 83<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON \u2014 Two key Republican holdouts have agreed to back Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, clearing the path to his confirmation following days of dramatic and public negotiations.Senators Thom Tillis of North Carolina and John Cornyn of Texas put out a statement on Monday announcing that they had successfully negotiated a \u201clegally enforceable document,\u201d gaining clarity from Blanche on the \u201cAnti-Weaponization Fund\u201d as well as the IRS audit. They thanked Blanche and his team for working with them and said they are looking forward to \u201cvoting to advance his nomination out of the Senate Judiciary Committee soon.\u201d\u201cFrom the outset, we were clear that we needed a written document addressing our concerns on the IRS audit agreement and the anti-weaponization fund that included constraining the scope of audit protection by limiting it to the parties of the Settlement Agreement and legally ending the anti-weaponization fund,\u201d Tillis and Cornyn announced. U.S. Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) answers questions from reporters trailing after him following a vote in the U.S. Capitol on July 30, 2026 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Win McNamee\/Getty Images)\u201cWe are pleased that the Department of Justice has issued a formal order terminating the anti-weaponization fund,\u201d they added. \u201cAdditionally, the Department has acknowledged in a binding written order that the audit settlement is limited to the plaintiffs and the scope does not extend beyond the defendants in the lawsuit, the IRS and the Treasury, addressing concerns that multiple of our Republican colleagues share.\u201dThe Senate Judiciary Committee will vote on Tuesday on Blanche\u2019s confirmation, and a full Senate floor vote is expected later this week.The news comes after President Donald Trump suggested last week that he might pull Blanche\u2019s confirmation until the two Republicans blocking his way had departed the Senate.\u201cRemember, both Cornyn and Tillis voted for Merrick Garland, and others, too numerous to mention,\u201d Trump said in a Truth Social post on Thursday. \u201cI have no objection to temporarily withdrawing Todd\u2019s name, if they do not do the right thing, and putting him back after Cornyn and Tillis are out of office.\u201dThe president described Blanche as a \u201cstar\u201d with the \u201cpotential to go down as one of the Greatest Attorney Generals of All Time,\u201d slamming Cornyn and Tillis for refusing to vote for Blanche.The senators had threatened to derail Blanche\u2019s nomination over the $1.8 billion \u201canti-weaponization\u201d fund, a plan the DOJ said it had abandoned after pushback from lawmakers and after a Clinton-appointed judge had issued a temporary restraining order on the fund in May. Last Wednesday, Cornyn told Punchbowl News that the DOJ\u2019s written proposal did not satisfy his demands.\u201cThey know what they need to do, but they simply refuse to do it,\u201d Cornyn said, sharing that he had cancelled a scheduled meeting with Blanche.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1981,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1983","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-2"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Key GOP Holdouts Agree To Back Todd Blanche For Attorney General - Blue Route Journal<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/?p=1983\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Key GOP Holdouts Agree To Back Todd Blanche For Attorney General - Blue Route Journal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"WASHINGTON \u2014 Two key Republican holdouts have agreed to back Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, clearing the path to his confirmation following days of dramatic and public negotiations.Senators Thom Tillis of North Carolina and John Cornyn of Texas put out a statement on Monday announcing that they had successfully negotiated a \u201clegally enforceable document,\u201d gaining clarity from Blanche on the \u201cAnti-Weaponization Fund\u201d as well as the IRS audit. They thanked Blanche and his team for working with them and said they are looking forward to \u201cvoting to advance his nomination out of the Senate Judiciary Committee soon.\u201d\u201cFrom the outset, we were clear that we needed a written document addressing our concerns on the IRS audit agreement and the anti-weaponization fund that included constraining the scope of audit protection by limiting it to the parties of the Settlement Agreement and legally ending the anti-weaponization fund,\u201d Tillis and Cornyn announced. U.S. Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) answers questions from reporters trailing after him following a vote in the U.S. Capitol on July 30, 2026 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Win McNamee\/Getty Images)\u201cWe are pleased that the Department of Justice has issued a formal order terminating the anti-weaponization fund,\u201d they added. \u201cAdditionally, the Department has acknowledged in a binding written order that the audit settlement is limited to the plaintiffs and the scope does not extend beyond the defendants in the lawsuit, the IRS and the Treasury, addressing concerns that multiple of our Republican colleagues share.\u201dThe Senate Judiciary Committee will vote on Tuesday on Blanche\u2019s confirmation, and a full Senate floor vote is expected later this week.The news comes after President Donald Trump suggested last week that he might pull Blanche\u2019s confirmation until the two Republicans blocking his way had departed the Senate.\u201cRemember, both Cornyn and Tillis voted for Merrick Garland, and others, too numerous to mention,\u201d Trump said in a Truth Social post on Thursday. \u201cI have no objection to temporarily withdrawing Todd\u2019s name, if they do not do the right thing, and putting him back after Cornyn and Tillis are out of office.\u201dThe president described Blanche as a \u201cstar\u201d with the \u201cpotential to go down as one of the Greatest Attorney Generals of All Time,\u201d slamming Cornyn and Tillis for refusing to vote for Blanche.The senators had threatened to derail Blanche\u2019s nomination over the $1.8 billion \u201canti-weaponization\u201d fund, a plan the DOJ said it had abandoned after pushback from lawmakers and after a Clinton-appointed judge had issued a temporary restraining order on the fund in May. 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