Blanche nomination in peril as key GOP senator rails on DOJ over controversial fund

By Ellis Kim, Manu Raju, Hannah Rabinowitz, Alison Main, CNN (CNN) — Todd Blanche’s nomination to be President Donald Trump’s attorney general is hanging in the balance with a key GOP senator saying the Justice Department has not done enough to assure him a controversial $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund won’t move forward. The pushback from