WASHINGTON — Todd Blanche’s path to permanent confirmation as U.S. attorney general appears endangered amid concerns from Sen. John Cornyn, who says the Department of Justice has not provided him with the assurances he needs to vote Blanche’s nomination through the Senate Judiciary Committee.
The panel postponed a key Thursday morning vote on the acting attorney general’s nomination — demonstrating both Cornyn’s current lack of support and the outgoing Texas Republican’s leverage over the White House’s nominees.
