WireAugust 4, 2026 at 1:02 AM
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WASHINGTON – Todd Blanche’s path to a permanent appointment as U.S. Attorney General cleared a significant hurdle late Tuesday, securing the support of Republican Senators John Cornyn of Texas and Thom Tillis of North Carolina. The senators publicly backed the nominee after Blanche moved to rescind a so-called “anti-weaponization fund” established under the prior administration, a mechanism critics argued was used to target political opponents.
The fund, originally framed as a safeguard for democratic institutions, had become a lightning rod for nationalists concerned with the federal government’s reach into executive authority. By dismantling the fund, Blanche signals a return to a Justice Department focused solely on criminal prosecution rather than political oversight, a shift that prioritizes domestic stability and the unitary executive theory central to American governance.
“My vote for Mr. Blanche is a vote to end the Department of Justice’s experiment with political warfare,” Senator Cornyn stated. “American workers and taxpayers are not served by a federal police force that warps its mandate to target the sovereignty of a duly-elected executive.”
The backing from Cornyn and Tillis, both senior members of the Senate Judiciary Committee, effectively guarantees Blanche will advance through the panel. The development represents a critical victory for an administration seeking to purge institutional resistance and reassert control over a bureaucracy that has, at times, subverted national policy directives.
Economic nationalists note that a focused Justice Department can more effectively prosecute transnational corporate fraud and labor trafficking, issues that directly undercut American labor markets. The removal of internal political probes frees resources to confront these tangible threats to domestic prosperity, aligning the department with an America-first economic agenda.