Cornyn: "This doesn't need to be this hard"

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Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) said Thursday that the White House has been unwilling to meet his demand to permanently scrap a controversial $1.8 billion "anti-weaponization" fund, throwing Todd Blanche's nomination to be attorney general into limbo. "I thought we were pretty close to landing the plane last night, but this morning there's been some more complications," the Texas Republican, who recently lost his reelection bid to a Trump-backed challenger, told reporters. "I think if this were just between me and Todd Blanche, we would have worked this out." The fund, which was widely panned on Capitol Hill, was part of the Justice Department-brokered settlement President Trump reached with the IRS earlier this year over the leaking of his tax returns during his first administration. Sens. John Cornyn and Thom Tillis (R-NC), who opted not to seek reelection, have both said they will not support Mr. Blanche until they have assurances in writing that the settlement will be reworked to per