Several witnesses will testify on Thursday before the Senate Judiciary Committee about whether Todd Blanche should be confirmed as US attorney general.
Blanche fielded hours of questions from the Senate panel yesterday, acknowledging there were some errors in the department’s vetting of the Epstein files, but defending his handling of the case. He also called Trump’s US Capitol riot pardons “generous.”
Blanche’s path in the committee is razor thin, as just one Republican no vote could derail his nomination.
The acting attorney general had to tread carefully before the panel – reassuring Republicans that he would keep up his aggressive approach at the Justice Department, while also signaling that President Donald Trump won’t be able to interfere politically.
Yet some Republicans still said Wednesday that they hadn’t reached a final decision.
