The Senate Judiciary Committee voted along party lines Tuesday to advance Todd Blanche’s nomination to be Donald Trump’s next attorney general, despite protests from Democrats.
Blanche’s nomination, previously held up over concerns from Republican senators about the terms of a settlement the Department of Justice negotiated between the IRS and Donald Trump, is now expected to pass the full Senate by a narrow margin. Whether that will occur before the Senate leaves for the August recess at the end of the week remains up in the air.
