1 of 2 | Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, walks to a procedural vote in January at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. Murkowski said Friday that she will vote against the nomination of Todd Blanche, President Donald Trump's pick as U.S. attorney general. File Photo by Bonnie Cash/UPI | License Photo
Aug. 7 (UPI) -- Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, on Friday became the second Republican senator to say she'll vote against Todd Blanche's nomination for U.S. attorney general, putting his confirmation further at risk.
Murkowski joins Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, who said Tuesday that she'll vote against Blanche's nomination. Blanche, President Donald Trump's pick for the role, is now acting attorney general.
Murkowski questioned if Blanche, Trump's former personal lawyer, would be an effective check against Trump if he's confirmed as the leader of the U.S. Department of Justice.
In a social media post Friday, she listed various ways the Justice Department has been politicized and referred to the $1,776 billion "anti-weaponization" fund order that Blanche said he's rescinded earlier this week.
