Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) made it clear during an impromptu interview on MS NOW that he is prepared to stop acting Attorney General Todd Blanche from assuming the permanent position.
As MS NOW host Stephani Ruhle was discussing Blanche’s travails at getting out of the Senate Judiciary Committee, she broke away to Ali Vitali, who had flagged the unaccompanied Cornyn down in a hallway.
"Hold!" Ruhle cried. "Ali's actually talking to John Cornyn right now."
MS NOW swiftly cut to Vitali and Cornyn as he delivered some blunt truths to Trump.
“We want Blanche to conform the settlement documents and the tax lawsuit to what a sworn testimony was in the hearing," he said.
"I don't know whether it's the White House, or somebody who works there, or somebody works for the president is basically telling them, 'Don't agree to those terms' — and so we're kind of back to square one.”
“We’re line now on MS NOW,“ Vitali told the Texas Republican. “As you think through what you need from DOJ, if they’re not able to give you the narrower look at that IRS immunity deal, does that mean you are willing to vote no?”
“I am prepared to vote no,” he answered. “I owe it to my constituents and, to Mr. Blanche to try to negotiate in good faith. And that's what we've been doing."
When asked if Cornyn had spoken to Trump, he replied, "No."
"He could fix this in a minute," said Cornyn. "But I don't know who he's listening to."
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