Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche is headed for a second straight day of grilling in the Senate, and his path to confirmation still remains cluttered with two key Republicans keeping tight-lipped on whether they’ll support him.Blanche’s first day was fraught with questions about the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) handling of millions of documents related to the late, convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, known as the Epstein Files, the now-defunct anti-weaponization fund and whether he would operate the DOJ as a tool of retribution for President Donald Trump.Two Republicans on the committee hold the key to Blanche’s success, Sens.Thom Tillis, R-N.C., and John Cornyn, R-Texas, and so far, neither has committed to voting for him.TRUMP'S DOJ PICK IN TROUBLE AS GOP CONCERNS THREATEN CONFIRMATIONActing Attorney General Todd Blanche is sworn in during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.
(Win McNamee/Getty Images)Cornyn, who has taken issue with the nearly $1.8 billion anti-weaponization fund and the underlying settlement reached by Trump and his family and the IRS, which Blanche acknowledged was still "enforceable" but was not moving forward, was noncommittal on how he would vote.Cornyn, who has taken issue with the nearly $1.8 billion anti-weaponization fund, created under Trump's IRS settlement to compensate people who claimed they were victims of government "weaponization," which Blanche acknowledged was still "enforceable" but not moving forward, was noncommittal on how he would vote."Well, I don't know what other information's gonna be coming in," Cornyn said."The hearing is not even halfway done.
And so, you know, I don't have to make a decision now, so I'm not."Blanche received heat throughout the hearing for being Trump’s former personal defense lawyer, and quickly corrected himself when asked by Sen.John Kennedy, R-La., if he considered himself the president’s friend.TRUMP'S AG NOMI...