Trump attorney general pick grilled at confirmation hearing

Key nomination hearing: Todd Blanche, President Donald Trump’s nominee to be attorney general, faced a high-stakes Judiciary Committee hearing, where he acknowledged there were some errors in the vetting of the Epstein files that were released to the public, but defended his handling of the case. He also called Trump’s US Capitol riot pardons “generous.” GOP’s thin majority: Blanche’s confirmation isn’t assured. Sen. Lindsey Graham’s sudden death left the Judiciary Committee Republicans.
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