Trump floats pulling Blanche nomination to circumvent Cornyn, Tillis

Summary

President Trump on Thursday floated the possibility of temporarily pulling Todd Blanche’s nomination to serve as attorney general to circumvent the opposition of Sens. John Cornyn (R-Texas) and Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) and then resubmitting Blanche’s name after Cornyn and Tillis leave Congress. “Todd Blanche is a STAR, and everyone knows it! He has the potential…