A Senate committee advanced acting Attorney General Todd Blanche’s nomination on Tuesday after Republican holdouts were satisfied that a nearly $1.8 billion Justice Department fund wouldn’t be resurrected to provide payouts to pardoned January 6th rioters or other victims of prosecution under the Biden administration.
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The Senate Judiciary Committee voted 12-10 along party lines to send Blanche’s confirmation to a full chamber vote.
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