Todd Blanche's nomination to become attorney general of the United States gained momentum again this Monday, after Republican Senators John Cornyn and Thom Tillis removed the blockade they maintained in the Senate Judiciary Committee.

The change in position occurred after Blanche, current acting attorney general, canceled a controversial $1.776 billion fund promoted by President Donald Trump's administration, an initiative that had generated concern among both legislators about the use that could be given to those resources.

“We want to express our gratitude to Mr. Blanche and his team for working with us on this matter, and we look forward to voting soon to advance his nomination from the Senate Judiciary Committee,” Cornyn and Tillis said in a joint statement.

With this agreement, the candidacy of Trump's former personal lawyer will be able to advance in the Judiciary Committee and, subsequently, be put to a vote in the full Senate, where Democrats have already announced that they will oppose his confirmation.

“We are pleased that the Department of Justice has issued a formal order to cancel the agency's anti-misuse fund,” said Cornyn and Tillis, who insisted from the beginning that they needed legal guarantees and not just public statements from the White House.

The controversy originated in an out-of-court agreement reached between Trump and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), which contemplated the creation of the fund to address claims from people who considered they had been the subject of unjustified government investigations or actions during the Joe Biden Administration.

The mechanism aroused criticism due to its possible scope. His detractors warned that it could open the door to payments for supporters of the president, including some involved in processes arising from the assault on the Capitol on January 6, 2021, under the argument that they had been victims of a political “instrumentalization” of the federal government.

Blanche was confirmed in March 2025 as deputy attorney general with a vote of 52 votes in favor and 46 against. Before joining the Government, he was a member of Trump's legal team and participated in his defense during the New York criminal trial related to payments to silence accusations during the 2016 election campaign.

With the withdrawal of the fund and the modification of the audit provisions, the White House managed to deactivate an obstacle that threatened to prolong the dispute until after the legislative recess.

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