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Joseph Gedeon and Sam Levine

Todd Blanche’s attorney general nomination will advance to full US Senate vote

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Todd Blanche at his confirmation hearing in front of the Senate judiciary committee on Capitol Hill on 15 July in Washington DC. Photograph: Win McNamee/Getty Images

The US Senate judiciary committee voted along party lines to advance Todd Blanche’s nomination for attorney general after he confirmed in writing that a planned $1.8bn slush fund for Donald Trump’s allies was dead. Experts say, however, that Trump could easily reverse the deal.

His nomination will now proceed to the full Senate, where it will probably face intense skepticism from Democrats.

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