Trump Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche’s nomination is on life support after holdout Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) canceled a meeting with Blanche amid intense lobbying by survivors of abuse by Jeffrey Epstein.
After a disastrous confirmation hearing, Blanche met with Epstein survivors at the behest of Cornyn and Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC), hoping to secure their votes.
That meeting was also a disaster, and the survivors began lobbying even harder against Blanche’s confirmation.
In a bombshell development Wednesday morning, Cornyn abruptly cancelled a meeting with Blanche and dished out some tough talk to reporters:
