00:02Two top Senate Republicans have stalled Todd Blanche's nomination to become Attorney General, forcing a last-minute delay of a
00:10key committee vote.
00:12The Senate Judiciary Committee was scheduled to vote today on whether to advance Blanche's nomination to the full Senate.
00:18But Republican Senators John Cornyn of Texas and Tom Tillis of North Carolina say they want stronger assurances that a
00:26proposed settlement of President Trump's lawsuit against the IRS would not shield him or his family from future tax audits.
00:34The delay followed hours of negotiations with the Justice Department Wednesday.
00:39When asked about the holdup, President Trump appeared to downplay the dispute.
00:43Well, all I can say is Todd Blanche is outstanding, and I thought he's, I thought it was pretty routine
00:49because he's so good.
00:50He just wouldn't find a better person.
00:53So, I don't know, maybe John Cornyn's upset with me because I didn't endorse him.
00:57I don't know what it is, but I haven't heard that there's a problem.
01:00I heard he's going through quite nicely.
01:03Cornyn has said he wants the settlement rewritten to make clear it applies only to current IRS audits and does
01:10not protect the president from any future audits.
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