Published Aug 7, 2026, 9:42 AM ET · Updated 3 months ago · 1 source
Trump’s attorney general pick at risk as Republican refuses to vote for Blanche
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Lisa Murkowski, Alaska’s moderate Republican senator, announced early on Friday that she will not vote for Todd Blanche as US attorney general, leaving his confirmation in the post down to a single remaining vote. Murkowski issued a statement expressing her concerns that the Trump administration could proceed with its proposed fund to compensate rioters who invaded the US Capitol on January 6 in a failed attempt to overturn Joe Biden’s defeat of Trump in the 2020 presidential election. Enter you