共和党议员默科夫斯基、柯林斯、柯蒂斯和卡西迪仍未表态，麦康奈尔缺席令投票优势缩小至两票
2026年8月4日 美国东部时间11:04 / 福克斯新闻
作者：亚历克斯·米勒，福克斯新闻
提名者托德·布兰奇就反武器化基金达成协议，参议院确认之路扫清障碍
在同意共和党关键诉求、撤销司法部反武器化基金后，特朗普提名的司法部长人选托德·布兰奇扫清了司法确认的重大障碍。福克斯新闻记者戴维·斯彭特详细介绍了这项两党协议以及即将举行的司法委员会投票，此次投票正值外界对布兰奇此前参与的国税局审计和联邦和解协议的严密审查之中。
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美国总统唐纳德·特朗普提名的司法部部长人选在与关键持异议者达成协议后，于周二度过了一道关键难关，但他能否最终获得确认仍是未知数。
经过最后一刻的延误和波折，参议院司法委员会以12票对10票确认了代理司法部长托德·布兰奇的提名，将其提交至参议院全院进行最终表决。布兰奇在委员会的提名过关情况直到上周末都悬而未决，当时双方宣布达成协议，争取到了北卡罗来纳州共和党参议员汤姆·蒂利斯和德克萨斯州共和党参议员约翰·科宁的支持。
这两位参议员接受了协议条款，该条款将永久撤销近20亿美元的反武器化基金，并缩小特朗普及其家族的审计豁免范围——这是布兰奇今年早些时候提出的、他与国税局达成的和解协议的两大核心内容。
特朗普提名的司法部长人选脱离险境，关键共和党反叛者松口
代理司法部长托德·布兰奇2026年7月15日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，一些议员对该协议以及特朗普是否真的会遵守协议提出了质疑。
蒂利斯在谈及反武器化基金时表示：“我们已有足够的记录数据证明该基金已被撤销。”但他也承认：“其他人在审计条款方面提出了疑问，但在这个问题上我非常信任约翰·科宁。”
科宁表示：“我认为他相信我们已经将条款限定得非常狭窄，任何人都很难将其解读为某种‘审计免死金牌’——无论是针对未来任何情况——我知道这是追溯性的，而非前瞻性的。”
他继续说道：“我认为只有协议各方才能获得豁免。所以，你知道，这对我来说就足够了。”
司法部在布兰奇签署的和解令中禁止国税局审计特朗普此前的纳税申报单
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鉴于特朗普希望恢复该基金，且审计豁免并未完全取消，参议院司法委员会的同僚们对该协议的性质存在分歧。
康涅狄格州民主党参议员理查德·布卢门撒尔告诉福克斯新闻数字频道：“科宁和蒂利斯似乎什么有意义的东西都没得到。你知道，税务豁免协议在过往潜在责任方面仍然没有限制。而所谓的‘ slush fund（ slush fund指公款私用基金、黑金）’——我称之为‘暴徒基金’——就唐纳德·特朗普而言，仍然完好无损。而真正算数的是特朗普本人。”
路易斯安那州共和党议员约翰·肯尼迪告诉福克斯新闻数字频道，特朗普“可能会背弃他们的协议”。
“我不是说他会或不会，有什么能阻止总统做出任何举动？但对科宁和蒂利斯来说，达成协议很重要。”肯尼迪说，“我很高兴他们最终从司法部那里获得了合作。我想我听说其他一些参议员对不投票支持布兰奇略有抱怨，但我认为他们会投赞成票。他会得到确认的。”
正如肯尼迪后面提到的，布兰奇成为正式司法部长的前景仍未确定。
特朗普威胁撤回自己提名的司法部长人选，共和党反叛情绪升温
少数参议院共和党人并未明确表态支持布兰奇的提名。和往常一样，这在参议院全院变成了一道数学题。
目前，布兰奇在全院投票中最多只能承受两票反对。这是因为肯塔基州共和党参议员米奇·麦康奈尔自6月在华盛顿特区家中摔伤后仍在休养，缺席会议。
未来的票数形势看起来愈发严峻。阿拉斯加州共和党参议员丽莎·默科夫斯基、缅因州共和党参议员苏珊·柯林斯、犹他州共和党参议员约翰·柯蒂斯和路易斯安那州共和党参议员比尔·卡西迪仍未就布兰奇的提名表态。
德克萨斯州共和党参议员约翰·科宁与北卡罗来纳州共和党参议员汤姆·蒂利斯于2026年7月30日在华盛顿特区国会山德克森参议院办公大楼出席参议院财政委员会听证会。蒂利斯和科宁暂缓支持唐纳德·特朗普提名的美国司法部长人选托德·布兰奇，直至他们获得特朗普与国税局诉讼和解以及取消“反武器化基金”的保证。（温·麦克name /盖蒂图片社）
默科夫斯基告诉记者，她希望“更多了解上周末促成该协议的谈判细节”。
“当然，他签署这项命令，基本解散了该基金——这是相当不错的一步，”默科夫斯基说。
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与此同时，参议院多数党领袖约翰·图恩（南达科他州共和党人）希望尽快推进布兰奇的确认程序，因为他和共和党议员在9月离开华盛顿休假前还有一长串待办事项需要完成。
受日程安排和外围变量影响，他无法保证布兰奇的确认程序能在9月前完成。
“理想情况下，我们希望完成他的确认，尤其是如果他在委员会获得明确通过——现在看来他确实会通过，”图恩说。“那我就想找出一条途径，推进他的确认流程。”
亚历克斯·米勒是福克斯新闻数字频道记者，负责报道美国参议院事务。
Trump’s AG pick survives — for now — as Republicans question if White House deal will hold
GOP Sens. Murkowski, Collins, Curtis, and Cassidy remain undecided as McConnell’s absence narrows the margin to two votes
August 4, 2026 11:04am EDT / Fox News
By Alex Miller, Fox News
Todd Blanche Senate confirmation path clears after deal on anti-weaponization fund
Nominee Todd Blanche clears major Senate hurdles for his judicial confirmation after agreeing to key Republican demands to rescind the Department of Justice’s anti-weaponization fund. Fox News correspondent David Spunt details the bipartisan deal and the upcoming Judiciary Committee vote, which comes amid intense scrutiny over previous IRS audits and federal settlement agreements.
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President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Justice Department survived a crucial hurdle on Tuesday after reaching an agreement with key holdouts, but whether he reaches the finish line remains an open question.
The Senate Judiciary Committee, after last-minute delays and drama, confirmed acting Attorney General Todd Blanche in a 12-10 vote, sending him to the Senate floor for his final test. His success on committee remained in the air until the weekend, when a deal to win over Sens. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., and John Cornyn, R-Texas, was announced.
And the duo accepted the terms of the deal, which would permanently rescind the nearly $2 billion anti-weaponization fund and narrow the scope of Trump and his family’s audit immunity — two major components of his settlement with the IRS that Blanche rolled out earlier this year.
TRUMP’S AG PICK OFF LIFE SUPPORT AFTER KEY REPUBLICAN REBELS RELENT
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)
Some lawmakers, however, are questioning the agreement and whether Trump will actually comply.
Tillis said of the anti-weaponization fund that, “we’ve got enough data in the record to know it’s rescinded.” But he acknowledged that, “Other people are asking about the audit component, but it’s another area where I put a lot of faith in John Cornyn.”
“I think that he believes that we’re at a place where it’s narrowly defined, and it would be very difficult for anybody to construe it as some sort of get out of audit free — for any kind of future — I know it’s retrospective, it is not prospective,” Cornyn said.
“And I believe that only the parties to the agreement may be in a position to be exempted. So, that’s, you know, that’s enough for me,” he continued.
DOJ BARS IRS FROM AUDITING TRUMP’S PRIOR TAX RETURNS IN SETTLEMENT ORDER SIGNED BY BLANCHE
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The duo’s colleagues on the Senate Judiciary Committee have a divided outlook on the nature of the deal, given Trump’s desire to revive the fund and because the audit immunity wasn’t fully buried.
“Cornyn and Tillis seem to have gotten nothing meaningful,” Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., told Fox News Digital. “You know, the tax immunity deal is still unlimited, in terms of past potential liability. And the slush fund — the thug fund as I call it — is still alive and well, so far as Donald Trump is concerned. And he’s the one who counts.”
Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., told Fox News Digital Trump “could renege on their agreement.”
“I’m not saying he will or he won’t, what’s stopping the president from doing anything? But it was important to Cornyn and important to Tillis,” Kennedy said. “And I’m glad they got cooperation from, finally, from DOJ. And I think I’ve heard some other senators who have grumbled a little bit about not voting for Blanche, but I think they will. He’ll be confirmed.”
To Kennedy’s latter point, Blanche’s trajectory to becoming the permanent attorney general still isn’t guaranteed.
TRUMP THREATENS TO YANK HIS OWN AG NOMINEE AS GOP REVOLT GROWS
A handful of Senate Republicans are not outright declaring their support for his nomination. And as usual, that turns into a math problem on the Senate floor.
Right now, Blanche can only afford to lose two votes on the floor. That’s because Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., is still missing in action while he recovers from a fall at his Washington, D.C., home in June.
And the numbers look tough going forward. Sens. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, Susan Collins, R-Maine, John Curtis, R-Utah, and Bill Cassidy, R-La., are still on the fence about Blanche.
Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, talks with Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., during a Senate Finance Committee hearing in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on July 30, 2026 in Washington, DC. Tillis and Cornyn are withholding support for President Donald Trump’s nominee for U.S. attorney general, Todd Blanche, until they get reassurances on Trump’s IRS lawsuit settlement and the elimination of the “anti-weaponization fund.”(Win McNamee/Getty Images)
Murkowski told reporters that she wants “to find out a little bit more about [the negotiations,” over the weekend that led to the deal.
“I think certainly the fact that he has signed this order, basically disbanding [the fund] — that’s a pretty good step,” Murkowski said.
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Meanwhile, Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., wants to get rolling on the Blanche confirmation as soon as possible, given the laundry list of to-do items he and Republicans are trying to check off before leaving Washington, D.C., for a break until September.
Because of the schedule and outlying variables, he couldn’t guarantee that Blanche’s confirmation would get done before September.
“Ideally, we’d like to get him done, and particularly if he comes out, which looks like he now will, affirmatively out of the committee,” Thune said. “Then I’d like to figure out a way, a path forward to get him done.”
Alex Miller is a writer for Fox News Digital covering the U.S. Senate.