{"id":92903,"date":"2026-08-07T15:13:42","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T15:13:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/cassidy-backs-blanche-for-attorney-general-clearing-way-for-confirmation\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T15:13:42","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T15:13:42","slug":"cassidy-backs-blanche-for-attorney-general-clearing-way-for-confirmation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/cassidy-backs-blanche-for-attorney-general-clearing-way-for-confirmation\/","title":{"rendered":"Cassidy backs Blanche for attorney general, clearing way for confirmation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p><em>Washington \u2014 <\/em>Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana announced Friday that he will support Todd Blanche&#8217;s nomination for attorney general, clearing the way for him to lead the Justice Department in a permanent capacity.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Mr. Blanche is not perfect, and he will tell you this, but the choice is not between perfection and Mr. Blanche,&#8221; Cassidy said in remarks on the Senate floor announcing his support. &#8220;It is between Mr. Blanche and another acting attorney general who may not run the department effectively under President Trump and who indeed may not be as good as Mr. Blanche.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>With Cassidy&#8217;s backing, Blanche is expected to clinch his confirmation for attorney general, though by a narrow margin. While Republicans control the Senate, Blanche could only afford to lose the votes of two GOP senators and still win approval for the role of the nation&#8217;s top law enforcement official given Sen. Mitch McConnell&#8217;s absence.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Republican Sens. Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska had already announced their plans to <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/lisa-murkowski-todd-blanche-attorney-general-nomination\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">oppose Blanche&#8217;s nomination<\/a><\/span>, making Cassidy the decisive vote. All Democrats are expected to vote against Blanche for attorney general.<\/p>\n<p>The Senate is planning to hold votes on a <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/senate-eyes-deal-to-leave-for-recess-as-agenda-items-pile-up\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">number of GOP priorities<\/a><\/span>\u00a0on Friday before leaving Washington for a five-week recess. It&#8217;s unclear whether the chamber will vote on Blanche&#8217;s confirmation as part of that sprint, since speeding up the process would require consent from Democrats.<\/p>\n<p>In his Senate floor speech, Cassidy said the choice between Blanche and a different acting attorney general &#8220;puts at risk the progress made fighting violent crime, human and drug trafficking, and fraud.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This does not serve the American people well,&#8221; he said. &#8220;This is not a referendum on President Trump. It is a decision regarding Mr. Blanche in very specific circumstances. All considered, I will vote for Mr. Blanche.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2>Blanche&#8217;s nomination<\/h2>\n<p>Mr. Trump <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/todd-blanche-trump-doj-attorney-general-nomination\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">announced Blanche<\/a><\/span> as his nominee for attorney general in June to replace Pam Bondi, whom he <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/trump-pam-bondi-attorney-general\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">ousted in April<\/a><\/span>. Blanche, who was the president&#8217;s former personal defense lawyer, has been serving as acting attorney general since Bondi&#8217;s firing.<\/p>\n<p>But his path to confirmation has been tenuous, as key Republican senators took issue with Blanche&#8217;s role in establishing the $1.8 billion &#8220;anti-weaponization&#8221; fund designed to provide payouts to people who alleged they had been unfairly targeted by the federal government.<\/p>\n<p>Senators raised concerns that defendants convicted of assaulting law enforcement during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol could be given taxpayer-backed payments. Cassidy was among the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/trump-impeachment-republicans-voted-convict\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">seven Republicans<\/a> who voted to convict Mr. Trump on a charge of incitement of insurrection during his second impeachment trial in February 2021. The president, whose first term had already ended, was acquitted by the upper chamber.<\/p>\n<p>The &#8220;anti-weaponization&#8221; fund was part of a settlement agreement the president reached with the IRS in May to resolve a $10 billion civil lawsuit he filed over the leak of his tax returns by a former government contractor.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the $1.8 billion program, the Justice Department also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/doj-settlement-trump-bans-irs-taking-action-against-him\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">agreed to grant Mr. Trump<\/a>, members of his family and affiliated entities sweeping immunity from tax audits and investigations.<\/p>\n<p>Cassidy said Blanche demonstrated &#8220;poor judgment&#8221; by approving the &#8220;anti-weaponization&#8221; fund and granting the president immunity from tax probes. The Louisiana senator said that he is also &#8220;concerned&#8221; with prosecutions against Mr. Trump&#8217;s perceived political enemies, though he added that &#8220;presidents of both parties have been guilty of this.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It must stop. It should stop now,&#8221; he said. &#8220;A never-ending cycle of prosecuting political enemies undermines the rule of law, degrades the public&#8217;s trust in our institutions, and makes our politics more extreme when we need to unite to solve the big problems of our time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed__float-wrap\">\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\" data-ads=\"{\" extrawordcount=\"\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/08\/07\/be24013c-c472-408a-8673-c254361492ca\/thumbnail\/620x343\/5c760836a5566393f8172ea77ca3a2fb\/screenshot-2026-08-07-at-10-48-18-am.png#\" alt=\"Sen. Bill Cassidy speaks on the Senate floor on Friday, Aug. 7, 2026. \" height=\"343\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/08\/07\/be24013c-c472-408a-8673-c254361492ca\/thumbnail\/620x343\/5c760836a5566393f8172ea77ca3a2fb\/screenshot-2026-08-07-at-10-48-18-am.png 1x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Sen. Bill Cassidy speaks on the Senate floor on Friday, Aug. 7, 2026.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Senate TV<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Still, he said Blanche is &#8220;criticized for things over which he has no control,&#8221; such as the president&#8217;s pardons for defendants convicted of crimes related to the Jan. 6 attack.<\/p>\n<p>Pushback to the &#8220;anti-weaponization&#8221; fund and the immunity deal threatened to derail Blanche&#8217;s nomination, though he tried to assuage senators&#8217; concerns during his confirmation hearing.<\/p>\n<p>While the acting attorney general <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/live-updates\/todd-blanche-confirmation-hearing-senate-attorney-general\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">told senators<\/a> that the fund was &#8220;dead,&#8221; the Justice Department negotiated for weeks with two key Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee, John Cornyn of Texas and Thom Tillis of North Carolina, before <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/cornyn-tillis-todd-blanche-attorney-general-nomination\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">securing their backing<\/a><\/span> for Blanche earlier this week.<\/p>\n<p>To earn their support, Blanche <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/todd-blanche-anti-weaponization-fund-order\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">issued a new order<\/a><\/span> rescinding a May directive that established the &#8220;anti-weaponization&#8221; fund and clarified the scope of the tax immunity deal for Mr. Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Following the agreement, the Senate Judiciary Committee <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/todd-blanche-attorney-general-senate-judiciary-committee\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">voted along party lines<\/a><\/span> Tuesday to advance Blanche&#8217;s nomination to the Senate floor.<\/p>\n<p>But beyond the &#8220;anti-weaponization&#8221; fund and immunity deal for Mr. Trump, Blanche also came under scrutiny from senators for the Justice Department&#8217;s handling of the release of more than 3 million pages of documents from its investigation into convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, as well as his meeting last year with Ghislaine Maxwell, a former girlfriend of Epstein&#8217;s who is serving a 20-year sentence for sex trafficking.<\/p>\n<p>Blanche acknowledged during his confirmation hearing that &#8220;mistakes were made&#8221; with some of the Epstein documents, which contained the unredacted names and personal information of victims of his sex-trafficking operation. He also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/todd-blanche-meeting-epstein-accusers\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">met with survivors of Epstein&#8217;s crimes<\/a> at the Justice Department last month after Tillis said he would <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/tillis-blanche-attorney-general-nomination-epstein-survivors\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">withhold support until Blanche did so<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>But some of the survivors criticized Blanche for his conduct during the meeting, with one describing it as a &#8220;check-the-box exercise&#8221; designed to secure votes for his confirmation. They urged senators to reject his nomination.<\/p>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n<\/section>\n<p>  <!-- data-recirc-source=\"queryly\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation  \">\n<p><h3 class=\"component__title\">More from CBS News<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"component__item-recirc-block\">\n<p><h3 class=\"component__title\">Go deeper with The Free Press<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n      <!-- tags --><br \/>\n    <\/section>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/bill-cassidy-todd-blanche-attorney-general-confirmation\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Washington \u2014 Republican Sen. 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