Three takeaways from Todd Blanche’s confirmation hearing

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  Good morning.

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  Todd Blanche faced some skeptical lawmakers in his confirmation hearing to be the new attorney general,

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  particularly when it came to his ties to the president.

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  I met him as his criminal defense attorney.

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  I'm not sure there's very many people

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  who have ever had a criminal defense attorney who calls that person their friend.

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  It's Thursday, July 16th.

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  I'm Yasmeen Khan, in for Shumita Basu.

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  This is Apple News Today.

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  Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche faced a slew of challenging questions from lawmakers in his confirmation hearing yesterday,

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  and he has a razor-thin margin to get their approval.

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  Just one no from a Republican on the Judiciary Committee

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  would be enough to sink his nomination for attorney general.

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  With the recent death of Senator Lindsey Graham, the committee has 11 Republicans and 10 Democrats,

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  so even one Republican defection could spell trouble for Blanche.

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  Republican Senators John Cornyn and Thom Tillis are being watched closely as deciding votes.

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  Cornyn, who lost a recent primary in Texas,

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  at one point pressed Blanche on the threat of the so-called anti-weaponization fund,

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