WASHINGTON — President Trump is standing by Todd Blanche as his pick for acting attorney general — and defending a controversial $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization fund” created as a result of his lawsuit against the IRS — even as GOP senators could delay a confirmation vote for another month.
Trump said during a Cabinet meeting at Camp David Friday that Blanche “should be approved forthwith,” while also doubling down in his defense of the fund — in another rebuke of Sens. John Cornyn (R-Texas) and Thom Tillis (R-NC), who have held up Blanche’s confirmation vote in the Judiciary Committee.
The president mocked Cornyn for being an “angry person”…
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