WASHINGTON — Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, reached an agreement with the Department of Justice late Sunday to formally quash the agency’s fund for victims of alleged lawfare, unlocking the path to confirmation for attorney general nominee Todd Blanche.
Cornyn had held up Blanche’s nomination for days in an effort to secure written modifications to a controversial settlement between the DOJ and President Donald Trump that created the $1.8 billion fund, resolving a lawsuit Trump filed over the leak of his tax returns. The deal also extended immunity from tax audits to Trump, his family and his business associates.
