Tillis: "I believe that we have addressed the concerns"

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Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) said Tuesday he will vote to advance Todd Blanche's nomination for attorney general out of the Judiciary Committee after reaching a deal limiting a controversial legal settlement the Justice Department brokered to resolve President Trump's lawsuit against the IRS. "I believe that we have addressed the concerns that I have," he said ahead of a Judiciary Committee vote to advance Mr. Blanche's nomination to the full Senate. After a standoff with Sens. Tillis and John Cornyn (R-TX) that threatened to derail Mr. Blanche's nomination, the Justice Department provided written assurances permanently scrapping a controversial $1.8 billion "anti-weaponization" fund and narrowing the scope of the president's IRS immunity deal. "It made no sense to me," the retiring senator said of the fund designed to compensate people who claim to have been unfairly prosecuted during the Biden administration, including Jan. 6 rioters, calling it a "payout pot for punks." "I though