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'Hogwash': Weissmann on Blanche’s deal to secure AG position

The two Republican holdouts in Todd Blanche's confirmation as U.S. Attorney General now say they will vote 'yes' after he issued an order rescinding the $1.776B "anti-weaponization fund." But as MS NOW's Andrew Weissmann explains, the orders are "nothing new" compared to what Blanche testified to during his confirmation hearing.

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