Trump Action Archive

Supporting reports

• GOP senators Cornyn and Tillis held firm on conditions for Blanche confirmation — Republican Senators John Cornyn and Texas and Thom Tillis of North Carolina, whose votes are needed for Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche to advance out of committee, maintained their demands that the DOJ formally eliminate the "anti-weaponization" fund and curtail an IRS audit immunity deal for Trump. Cornyn stated that DOJ has "not sufficiently" addressed his concerns but noted they are "still talking."
• Senate Judiciary Committee scheduled vote on Blanche AG confirmation for Thursday — The Senate Judiciary Committee scheduled a vote on Todd Blanche's confirmation as Attorney General for Thursday, with the standoff between Blanche and Republican swing votes Cornyn and Tillis coming down to the wire. The two senators demanded that DOJ formally kill the anti-weaponization fund and restrict Trump's audit immunity deal before advancing him in committee.
• Senate Judiciary Committee postponed Blanche attorney general vote — Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley postponed Thursday's scheduled vote on Todd Blanche's nomination as attorney general. The postponement followed the delivery of Epstein files to Senate offices by survivors and came as two Republican senators, John Cornyn and Thom Tillis, stalled the nomination pending written assurance that Trump's $1.776 billion Anti-Weaponization Fund from an IRS settlement would be terminated.
• Senate Judiciary Committee postpones Todd Blanche AG nomination vote over DOJ settlement assurances — The Senate Judiciary Committee postponed a scheduled vote on Todd Blanche's nomination as US attorney general after the Department of Justice failed to provide written assurances that a $1.8 billion "anti-weaponization" fund created under a Trump-IRS settlement agreement would be terminated. Republican Senator John Cornyn, a swing vote, refused to support Blanche without written confirmation and clarification that tax immunity provisions could not apply to future matters or non-parties to the settlement. Blanche, Trump's former personal lawyer and current acting AG, needs every Republican committee vote to advance his nomination.
• Republican senators blocked Blanche nomination pending IRS fund assurance — Senators John Cornyn and Thom Tillis stalled the Todd Blanche attorney general nomination, demanding written assurance that Trump's $1.776 billion Anti-Weaponization Fund—derived from Trump's IRS settlement—would be terminated. By Thursday, Trump posted he had "no objection to temporarily withdrawing Todd's name" until January, effectively pausing the nomination.