President Donald Trump’s preference for personal loyalty in his subordinates may pose an insurmountable problem for a White House in search of a permanent attorney general. Nominee and acting A.G. Todd Blanche — the president’s onetime personal lawyer — faces a steep nomination process ahead, as concerns grow over Blanche’s alleged willingness to subvert the role of attorney general for the president’s political purposes.Is Blanche’s nomination dead on arrival? Or does Trump still command the senatorial clout to ensure his longtime consigliere survives a bruising nomination fight?
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