Ryan Lucas
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1,861 appearances
244 recordings
5 series
first heard Dec 2024
last heard 3d ago
Ryan Lucas’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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recordings per month · last 12 monthsRecordings per month over the last 12 months — 193 in all, peaking in Jun 2026 with 29.
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Come is charged with making threats against President Trump in a photo posted on social media of seashells arranged to say 8647.
Prosecutors argue that, quote, there is no serious dispute, end quote, that the photo could be viewed as a violent threat against Trump.
And they urged the court to deny Comey's bid to have the case dismissed.
Comey asked a judge to throw out the case last month, arguing that he is being singled out because of his criticism of Trump.
Ryan Lucas, NPR News, Washington.
The two Republicans who had been holding up the committee vote on Blanche are Senators John Cornyn and Tom Tillis.
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They wanted written guarantees that the nearly $1.8 billion anti-weaponization fund was dead, and also, in writing, limits to the scope of the sweeping tax immunity deal for President Trump, his family, and businesses.
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Late Sunday, Blanche provided two documents that addressed those demands, though legal experts say neither document provides ironclad guarantees.
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But they were enough for Corden and Tillis, who thanked Blanche and said they will now support him.
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Their votes are critical for Blanche, who needs the support of every Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee for his nomination to advance to the full Senate.
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Ryan Lucas, NPR News, Washington.
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Late Sunday, Blanche released two documents.
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One says it formally rescinds the order that created the anti-weaponization fund.
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meaning the fund is dead.
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The other purports to clarify the scope of the tax immunity deal, including that it only applies retroactively and only to Trump, two of his sons, and the Trump organization.
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That said, legal experts say neither document that Blanche released is actually legally binding, and they don't provide the sort of ironclad guarantees that they purport to, but they are enough for Cornyn and Tillis
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It formally rescinds the order that created the anti-weaponization fund.
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Blanche says in this document he is confirming, quote, end quote.
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The other document is unsigned, but it addresses the scope of the tax immunity deal.
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It states that what Blanche testified at his confirmation hearing about the scope is correct.
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