2026-08-08 04:32 EDT / 福克斯新闻频道
丽莎·穆尔科斯基与苏珊·柯林斯参议员与全体民主党议员一同反对特朗普前私人律师提名
作者：亚历克斯·米勒 福克斯新闻
发布于 2026年8月8日 4:32 EDT | 更新于 2026年8月8日 4:44am EDT
比尔·卡西迪参议员宣布对托德·布兰奇提名投“赞成”票
路易斯安那州共和党参议员比尔·卡西迪宣布在参议院 floor 投出关键赞成票，为托德·布兰奇的司法部长提名争取到支持。国会首席特派记者查德·珀格拉姆详细分析卡西迪的决定将如何影响即将到来的司法部确认程序。
NEW 您现在可以收听福克斯新闻的文章音频！
曾被认为无望通过的唐纳德·特朗普总统提名的司法部部长人选，已在参议院过关，即将就任美国最高执法官员。
代理司法部长托德·布兰奇于周六清晨获得确认，这是议员们赶在结束工作、离开华盛顿特区前进行的疯狂快速投票的一部分。他将正式接替帕姆·邦迪出任司法部长。
布兰奇是特朗普前私人律师，此前他的提名希望险些破灭，因为共和党议员难以接受他参与推出近20亿美元的反武器化法案，以及为总统及其家人提供的全面国税局审计豁免权。
特朗普的司法部长提名人选暂时过关——但共和党人质疑白宫达成的协议能否维持
2026年7月15日，代理司法部长托德·布兰奇在华盛顿特区德克森参议院办公大楼出席其司法部长提名的参议院司法委员会确认听证会。（安纳多卢通讯社 via 盖蒂图片社）
不过，最后时刻出现了一位盟友：路易斯安那州共和党参议员比尔·卡西迪，他在周五宣布将支持布兰奇的提名，此前他数日来一直对自己的决定守口如瓶。
尽管他对司法部（DOJ）的武器化问题，以及取消反武器化基金和限制特朗普审计豁免权的协议究竟有多大约束力感到担忧，但他认为，参议院确认的司法部长总比代理部长要好。
“布兰奇先生并非完美之人，他自己也会这么说，”卡西迪在参议院发言时表示，“但我们的选择不是在完美和布兰奇先生之间二选一，而是在布兰奇先生和另一位代理司法部长之间做出选择，后者可能无法在特朗普总统任内有效领导司法部。”
特朗普提名的最高执法官员在最后一刻获得关键救命票，得以确认提名
特朗普提名的司法部部长人选托德·布兰奇在周六清晨以微弱优势通过参议院投票，此前比尔·卡西迪参议员在周五成为其最后时刻的盟友。（温·麦克Namee/盖蒂图片社）
尽管如此，阿拉斯加州共和党参议员丽莎·穆尔科斯基和缅因州共和党参议员苏珊·柯林斯还是与全体参议院民主党议员一同反对布兰奇的提名。
穆尔科斯基在卡西迪放出“救命票”数小时前宣布了她的反对立场。她表示，尽管布兰奇曾前往阿拉斯加并与她进行了多次会面，但她无法支持他出任下一任司法部长。
她担心布兰奇与反武器化基金的关联、司法部被武器化的问题、布兰奇在爱泼斯坦文件公开中扮演的角色，以及该基金的不确定未来。多名共和党议员此前已对该基金提出担忧，质疑纳税人资金是否会流向2021年1月6日冲击国会大厦的骚乱者。
特朗普政府回击针对反武器化基金的“黑金”指控，并阐明合格对象范围
2025年10月3日，阿拉斯加州共和党参议员丽莎·穆尔科斯基在美国华盛顿特区国会大厦外投票后向媒体发表讲话。（格雷姆·斯隆/盖蒂图片社）
“国家需要一位能够遏制本届政府最恶劣冲动的司法部长，”穆尔科斯基说道，“我希望布兰奇先生在获得确认后能够做到这一点，但我根本不相信这会成真。”
柯林斯本周早些时候也提出了类似担忧，她是首位公开质疑布兰奇提名确认可能性的共和党议员。
点击此处下载福克斯新闻APP
“虽然我认为布兰奇先生是一位能力出众的律师，但司法部已日益政治化，”柯林斯表示，“布兰奇先生采取的多项行动进一步削弱了司法部的独立性，这也是我投票反对其提名的原因。”
亚历克斯·米勒是福克斯新闻数字频道负责报道美国参议院的撰稿人。
Blanche survives Republican defectors as Trump gets his new attorney general
2026-08-08 04:32 EDT / Fox News
Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Susan Collins joined all Democrats in opposing Trump’s former personal lawyer
By Alex Miller Fox News
Published August 8, 2026 4:32am EDT | Updated August 8, 2026 4:44am EDT
Sen. Bill Cassidy announces ‘yes’ vote on Todd Blanche nomination
Sen. Bill Cassidy, Republican from Louisiana, secures support for Todd Blanche’s nomination as attorney general by announcing his critical yes vote on the Senate floor. Chief congressional correspondent Chad Pergram breaks down how Cassidy’s decision impacts the upcoming Department of Justice confirmation process.
NEW You can now listen to Fox News articles!
Once thought doomed, President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Justice Department has survived the Senate and now will take the helm as the nation’s top law enforcement official.
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche was confirmed early Saturday morning as part of a mad blitz by lawmakers to wrap up their work and jet from Washington, D.C. Now, he’ll officially replace Pam Bondi as attorney general.
Blanche, who is Trump’s former personal lawyer, nearly saw his confirmation hopes go up in smoke as Republicans struggled to swallow his role in rolling out the nearly $2 billion anti-weaponization and sweeping IRS audit immunity for the president and his family.
TRUMP’S AG PICK SURVIVES — FOR NOW — AS REPUBLICANS QUESTION IF WHITE HOUSE DEAL WILL HOLD
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche appears before a Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing for his nomination to be attorney general at the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C., on July 15, 2026.(Anadolu via Getty Images)
However, a last-minute ally emerged: Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., who announced on Friday that he would back Blanche’s confirmation after spending days keeping tight-lipped on his decision.
Though he was concerned about weaponization at the Department of Justice (DOJ) and just how binding an agreement to nix the anti-weaponization fund and limit Trump’s audit immunity would be, he argued that having a Senate-confirmed attorney general was a better option than a placeholder.
“Mr. Blanche is not perfect, and he will tell you this,” Cassidy said on the Senate floor. “But the choice is not between perfection and Mr. Blanche. It is between Mr. Blanche and another acting attorney general, who may not run the department effectively under President Trump.”
TRUMP’S PICK FOR TOP LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL GETS CRUCIAL LAST-MINUTE LIFELINE FOR CONFIRMATION
Todd Blanche, Trump’s pick to lead the DOJ, survived a razor-thin Senate vote early Saturday morning after Sen. Bill Cassidy emerged as a last-minute ally on Friday.(Win McNamee/Getty Images)
Still, Sens. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, and Susan Collins, R-Maine, joined all Senate Democrats to oppose Blanche’s confirmation.
Murkowski announced her opposition hours before Cassidy’s lifeline. She contended that despite Blanche’s trek to Alaska and numerous meetings with him, she could not support him to be the next attorney general.
She was worried about his connection to the anti-weaponization fund, a weaponized Justice Department, Blanche’s role in the Epstein Files release, and the uncertain future of the fund, which several Republicans have raised concerns about over whether taxpayer dollars would flow to rioters who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
TRUMP ADMIN PUSHES BACK ON ‘SLUSH FUND’ ATTACKS AGAINST ANTI-WEAPONIZATION FUND AND LAYS OUT WHO QUALIFIES
Senator Lisa Murkowski, a Republican from Alaska, speaks to members of the media following a vote outside the US Capitol in Washington, DC, US, on Friday, Oct. 3, 2025.(Graeme Sloan/Getty Images)
“The country needs an Attorney General who will check the worst impulses of this administration,” Murkowski said. “I hope Mr. Blanche is able to achieve that, if confirmed, but I simply do not have confidence that will be the case.”
Collins raised similar concerns earlier in the week, and was the first Republican out of the gate to cast doubt on Blanche’s chances of confirmation.
CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP
“While I believe Mr. Blanche is a capable lawyer, the Department of Justice has become increasingly political,” Collins said. “Mr. Blanche has taken several actions that have further eroded the Department’s independence, and that is the basis for my vote to oppose his confirmation.”
Alex Miller is a writer for Fox News Digital covering the U.S. Senate.
发表回复