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- Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) will vote to confirm Attorney General Todd Blanche, providing the 50 Republican votes needed.
- Sens. Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) will vote against Blanche; Murkowski cites Justice Department politicization and Epstein files.
- Sen. John Cornyn and Sen. Thom Tillis backed Blanche after he said $1.8 billion fund was rescinded.
- Tillis pressed Blanche to meet Epstein survivors, and Blanche later met privately with a group of survivors after the hearing.
