WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) released the following statement after Todd Blanche was confirmed as Attorney General of the United States:

“Todd Blanche is well-qualified to be Attorney General of the United States and balance the competing demands of being a member of the President’s Cabinet and the nation’s chief law enforcement officer. I’m glad we will have a Senate-confirmed individual in this role,” said Sen. Cornyn. “I was proud to vote to confirm Mr. Blanche, and I look forward to seeing him lend President Trump wise counsel and exercise good judgment when faced with tough decisions for the good of the American people.”

As a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Sen. Cornyn voted earlier this week to advance the nomination of Todd Blanche to be U.S. Attorney General to the Senate floor following his announcement with Sen. Tillis on a successful negotiation of a legally enforceable document clarifying the anti-weaponization fund and the IRS audit release included in the Settlement Agreement signed by then-Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche last spring.

In the Committee’s hearing on the nomination, Sen. Cornyn questioned Blanche on the Settlement Agreement in Trump v. Internal Revenue Service, including the anti-weaponization fund and IRS audit immunity. Video can be found here.