- Republican Senator Thom Tillis has threatened to block Todd Blanche's confirmation as attorney general unless he meets with Jeffrey Epstein survivors.
- “I expect that meeting to occur before I’m willing to vote out of this committee and I’m trying to get to ‘yes,’ but this is a very important part of getting to ‘yes,’” Tillis said in the second day of Blanche’s Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing.
- Blanche, President Donald Trump's acting attorney general, stated he was “prohibited from meeting directly” with the survivors and reportedly said officials were trying to arrange a meeting later Thursday or on another day.
- A single Republican defection on the Judiciary Committee could kill the nomination, as unanimous Democratic opposition is expected.
- Tillis demands that the meeting happen before the committee reconvenes to vote on the nomination, likely by July 30, according to Politico.
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