Republican senators appeared satisfied with Todd Blanche’s last-ditch effort to save his confirmation as attorney general with a fresh statement clarifying what will happen to what critics called a “slush fund” for Donald Trump’s allies and the president’s immunity from tax investigations.
But Blanche’s statement is inviting more questions than answers, with “laughably flimsy” language that could open the door for other corrupt bargains between the president and his former criminal defense attorney, who is now poised to lead the Department of Justice, according to Democratic critics and legal experts.
