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\n Several witnesses will testify on Thursday before the Senate Judiciary Committee about whether Todd Blanche should be confirmed as US attorney general.\n <\/p>\n

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\n Blanche fielded hours of questions from the Senate panel yesterday, acknowledging there were some errors in the department\u2019s vetting of the Epstein files, but defending his handling of the case. He also called Trump\u2019s US Capitol riot pardons \u201cgenerous.\u201d\n <\/p>\n

\n Blanche\u2019s path in the committee is razor thin, as just one Republican no vote could derail his nomination.\n <\/p>\n

\n The acting attorney general had to tread carefully before the panel \u2013 reassuring Republicans that he would keep up his aggressive approach at the Justice Department, while also signaling that President Donald Trump won\u2019t be able to interfere politically.\n <\/p>\n

\n Yet some Republicans still said Wednesday that they hadn\u2019t reached a final decision.\n <\/p>\n

\n The fate of Blanche\u2019s nomination hinges on two Republican senators with nothing to lose: Texas\u2019 John Cornyn and North Carolina\u2019s Thom Tillis. Cornyn recently lost the Republican primary in his state to a Trump-backed rival, while Tillis announced last year that he would not seek reelection.\n <\/p>\n

\n If either lawmaker votes against Blanche\u2019s nomination in the committee, it would effectively kill it.\n <\/p>\n

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\n Both senators have been among the sharpest Republican critics of the Justice Department\u2019s earlier proposal of a nearly $1.8 billion \u201canti-weaponization\u201d fund, which Blanche has said is \u201cdead.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

\n Cornyn told CNN on Tuesday that his concerns are far from alleviated, while Tillis said that he\u2019s \u201cleaning yes\u201d on Blanche.\n <\/p>\n

\n For Thursday\u2019s hearing, Republicans will put forth former Attorney General John Ashcroft, who served under President George W. Bush; Jon Adler, the president of the Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association Foundation; and Jennifer Bos, the mother of an Illinois woman whose body was allegedly abused by an undocumented person.\n <\/p>\n

\n Democrats on the committee will call Elizabeth Oyer, who had served as a career pardon lawyer at DOJ before being fired by Blanche last year. Oyer, who sued over her ousting, claimed she was terminated because she refused to bow to pressure from Trump appointees who wanted her to restore the gun rights of actor Mel Gibson, which he lost after a 2011 state domestic violence conviction.\n <\/p>\n

\n Committee Democrats are also calling Dani Bensky, a Jeffrey Epstein survivor, as a witness.\n <\/p>\n

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\n The committee will likely hold a vote on the nomination later this month.\n <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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