Ryan Lucas
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135 appearances
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first heard Jul 2026
last heard 4 Sep
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But the part of the settlement that shields Trump and his family from audits of past tax returns, that remains in place.
And Democrats view that as exhibit A of what they say is Blanche working in Trump's interest instead of the public interest.
It's also worth noting here that a federal judge this week blasted both Trump and the Justice Department over the settlement.
The judge said Trump's lawsuit was brought in bad faith in order to manipulate the judicial process and try to use the court to provide a degree of legitimacy to the eventual settlement.
Well, look, you're right.
There were Republicans who pushed back forcefully against the anti-weaponization fund, and that played a big part in Blanche's decision to declare the fund dead.
One Republican senator who spoke out against that fund was North Carolina's Tom Tillis.
He is a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee that Blanche is going to be appearing before.
Today, it's unclear at this point which way Tillis will ultimately fall on Blanche's nomination.
But what is clear is that Democrats are united in opposition, and that means that Blanche doesn't have a lot of room for error here.
Remember, Republicans have a very slim majority in the Senate, even more so since Kentucky's Mitch McConnell remains out because of health issues.
And so that means that only a couple of GOP defections could kill Blanche's nomination.
So I'm going to be watching for how Blanche tries to thread that needle to keep every Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee and those in the full Senate as well on side with his appearance today.
Thank you.
It's about wanting to be seen and heard and valued.
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