Image: Acting US Attorney General Todd Blanche

NPR reports: “President Trump says he is willing to pull Todd Blanche‘s nomination for attorney general. The news comes as two key Republicans are withholding their support over concerns about the Justice Department’s deal with President Trump to end his IRS lawsuit.

Trump said Thursday he was willing to end the nomination, but he was by no means conciliatory in his tone, saying he would keep Blanche on as acting attorney general and renominate him later. In addition, Trump took aim at the two Republican senators withholding their support — John Cornyn of Texas and Thom Tillis of North Carolina, both of whose support Blanche would need to advance in his nomination in committee…”

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