{"id":5120,"date":"2026-08-08T17:05:32","date_gmt":"2026-08-08T17:05:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=5120"},"modified":"2026-08-08T17:05:32","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T17:05:32","slug":"spineless-republicans-approve-trumps-ag-under-cover-of-darkness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=5120","title":{"rendered":"Spineless Republicans Approve Trump\u2019s AG Under Cover of Darkness"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>Republican senators have set aside their reservations about a controversial Trump nominee to fall in line behind the president again\u2014but this time only under the cover of darkness.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=5119\">Legendary Jockey Dead at 52 After Health Issue<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Senators voted 50-49 early Saturday morning to confirm Todd Blanche as attorney general, making the president\u2019s former personal attorney the nation\u2019s chief law enforcement officer.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana cleared Blanche\u2019s path to confirmation after announcing his support on Friday. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Two Republicans, Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, joined Democrats in opposing the nomination over fears that the agency would become more politicized under Blanche\u2014but their \u201cno\u201d votes were not enough to stop Blanche\u2019s confirmation.<\/p>\n<p>Both Collins and Murkowski said they found Blanche to be \u201ccapable\u201d during their conversations with him. However, they could not see past decisions he made in his acting role that they felt called the Justice Department\u2019s independence into question, including his handling of the Epstein files and the creation of a $1.8 billion \u201canti-weaponization\u201d slush fund.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe country needs an Attorney General who will check the worst impulses of this administration,\u201d Murkowski said in a statement. \u201cI hope Mr. Blanche is able to achieve that, if confirmed, but I simply do not have confidence that will be the case.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Similarly, Collins said Blanche \u201chas taken several actions that have further eroded the Department\u2019s independence, and that is the basis for my vote to oppose his confirmation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cassidy, meanwhile, conceded that Blanche was \u201cnot perfect\u201d and exercised \u201cpoor judgment,\u201d especially in proposing a nearly two-billion-dollar fund for likely Trump allies who faced prosecution during the Biden years. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=5118\">Zuckerberg\u2019s AI Goes Rogue and Hacks Another Company<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Cassidy ultimately voted to confirm Blanche anyway, offering a bizarre rationale on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe choice is not between perfection and Mr. Blanche; 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,\u201d Cassidy said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is not a referendum on President Trump,\u201d he added. \u201cIt is a decision regarding Mr. Blanche in very specific circumstances. All considered, I will vote for Mr. Blanche.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump nominated Blanche, 52, in June after he fired Pam Bondi. Before becoming No. 2 at the Justice Department last year, Blanche served as the lead criminal defense attorney for Trump during his Manhattan hush-money trial.<\/p>\n<p>Trump previously hailed Blanche as \u201ca STAR\u201d who \u201chas the potential to go down as one of the Greatest Attorney Generals of All Time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After Blanche was confirmed on Saturday, the president took a victory lap on Truth Social by needling Murkowski.<\/p>\n<p>Trump reposted a MAGA supporter\u2019s take that read, \u201cLisa Murkowski will not vote for Todd Blanche&#8230; After having no problem voting for Merrick Garland. Claiming Blanche will weaponize the DOJ and is too political. The same Garland that personally signed off on the raid of President Trump\u2019s home. Murkowski is owned.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=5117\">Trump Goons Reveal Trick Behind His Fluffy New Hair<\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cTraitor,\u201d the post concluded.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican senators have set aside their reservations about a controversial Trump nominee to fall in line behind the president again\u2014but this time only under the cover of darkness. Read more Legendary Jockey Dead at 52 After Health Issue Senators voted 50-49 early Saturday morning to confirm Todd Blanche as attorney general, making the president\u2019s former [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3501,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5120","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Spineless Republicans Approve Trump\u2019s AG Under Cover of Darkness - Nationwide Inter State Movers<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=5120\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Spineless Republicans Approve Trump\u2019s AG Under Cover of Darkness - Nationwide Inter State Movers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Republican senators have set aside their reservations about a controversial Trump nominee to fall in line behind the president again\u2014but this time only under the cover of darkness. 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