2026年6月4日 美国东部时间上午11:49 / 美国有线电视新闻网（CNN）
作者：莎拉·费里斯、马努·拉朱
内森·霍华德/路透社
内容提要
- 参议院多数党领袖约翰·图恩表示，“很难说”托德·布兰奇能否获确认为司法部长。
- 布兰奇是特朗普前私人律师，目前担任代理司法部长，却面临司法委员会关键共和党议员的不确定态度。
- 参议员汤姆·蒂利斯称，布兰奇对1月6日国会山骚乱的看法以及有争议的“反武器化”基金可能成为其提名的潜在障碍。
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在总统唐纳德·特朗普提名托德·布兰奇正式领导司法部数小时后，参议院共和党最高领导人无法确认布兰奇能否在国会山的提名之争中胜出。
当被问及布兰奇是否会面临确认难度时，参议院多数党领袖约翰·图恩表示“很难说”。
“我认为显然我们大多数议员都会非常尊重总统希望这些关键职位由谁担任。他已经在该职位上履职，显然具备相关经验，”图恩说道，“但在当前这种环境下，没有什么是稳操胜券的。”
这番表态发表于特朗普在白宫私人晚宴上宣布打算正式提名布兰奇的次日上午。布兰奇是在帕姆·邦迪被解雇后就任代理司法部长的。特朗普顾问丹·斯卡维诺在X平台发布的视频中，特朗普称确认过程“复杂”，但预测其推进将“非常迅速”。
布兰奇是特朗普极具争议的前私人律师，在邦迪被解雇前，他一直担任司法部二号官员。总统曾多次对他予以赞扬，而他对特朗普的一些政治对手——例如前联邦调查局局长詹姆斯·科米——提起公诉的举动，帮助他在白宫赢得了好感。
但他的任期也引发了争议。邦迪近日作证称，布兰奇负责处理了杰弗里·爱泼斯坦相关文件，这给白宫带来了严重的政治麻烦。他的提名公布之际，恰逢共和党人就拟议的17.76亿美元“反武器化”基金爆发反抗，该基金旨在向那些称自己遭到政府不当起诉的人提供赔偿。
图恩表示，布兰奇接下来将前往参议院司法委员会，“他们将不得不遵循正常的确认程序”。
但目前尚不清楚布兰奇是否拥有足够的票数通过委员会审议。
作为委员会成员且曾阻碍其他特朗普提名的参议员汤姆·蒂利斯告诉CNN，如果布兰奇对谴责2021年1月6日国会山骚乱一事含糊其辞，他将反对布兰奇的提名。
“我不会仅仅因为喜欢某人就投他们的票。我投票是因为他们符合我的标准。我的标准之一就是在1月6日事件上绝不含糊其辞，”蒂利斯说道。
这位北卡罗来纳州共和党议员表示，他认为通过立法取消特朗普的“反武器化”基金将提升布兰奇的提名机会——但如果该基金的未来仍在争论中，确认听证会可能会变得复杂。
“如果这个问题还悬而未决，你能想象民主党在确认听证会上会如何攻击他吗？你能想象这可能会影响我们的几位议员吗？如果我们把这个问题从议程中移除，托德获得司法部长确认的机会就会增加，”他说。
当被问及如果参议院不完全取消该基金，他是否会支持布兰奇的提名时，蒂利斯表示：“我们正在考虑此事。我还没有做出决定。”
另一位委员会成员、共和党参议员约翰·康恩周四上午告诉CNN的马努·拉朱，他仍未决定是否会投票支持布兰奇。
“我期待整个程序推进。我有一些问题要问他。担任司法部长可能是内阁中最艰巨的工作之一，因为你既要为总统工作，又要能够作为国家首席律师对总统说不。所以我需要和他谈谈这个问题，”康恩告诉CNN。
“我会让程序自然推进。”
Thune: ‘Hard to say’ whether Blanche can win confirmation as attorney general
2026-06-04 11:49 AM ET / CNN
By Sarah Ferris, Manu Raju
In this April 28 photo, acting US Attorney General Todd Blanche announces a second indictment of former FBI Director James Comey during a press conference at the Justice Department in Washington, DC.
Nathan Howard/Reuters
Summary
- Senate Majority Leader John Thune said it is “hard to say” whether Todd Blanche can win confirmation as attorney general.
- Blanche, Trump’s former personal attorney now serving as acting attorney general, faces uncertainty from key Republican senators on the Judiciary Committee.
- Sen. Thom Tillis said his views on the January 6 Capitol riot and the controversial “anti-weaponization” fund could be potential obstacles.
AI-generated summary was reviewed by a CNN editor.
Hours after President Donald Trump nominated Todd Blanche to permanently lead the DOJ, the top Senate Republican could not say whether Blanche could survive a nomination fight on Capitol Hill.
Asked about whether Blanche would have difficulty being confirmed, Senate Majority Leader John Thune said it was “hard to say.”
“I think obviously most of our members are pretty deferential to who the president wants in these key positions. He’s already serving in the role already, and clearly has experience in it,” Thune said. “But this is an environment where nothing is a safe or sure bet.”
The comments come the morning after President Donald Trump announced at a private dinner at the White House that he intended to nominate Blanche – who was installed as acting attorney general after Pam Bondi was fired – to the role permanently. In a video Trump adviser Dan Scavino posted a video on X, Trump noted the confirmation process was “complicated” but predicted it would play out “very quickly.”
Blanche is Trump’s firebrand former personal attorney who had been serving as the No. 2 Justice Department official before Bondi’s firing. The president has repeatedly lauded him, and his securing of indictments of some of Trump’s political opponents – like former FBI director James Comey – have helped him win favor in the White House.
But his tenure has also seen controversy. Bondi recently testified that Blanche was in charge of the department’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files – which created a significant political headache for the White House. His expected nomination also comes in midst of a GOP revolt over the proposed $1.776 billion “anti-weaponization” fund to compensate people who say they were wrongly prosecuted by the government.
Thune said Blanche would now go to the Senate Judiciary Committee, where “they’ll have to go through a normal confirmation process.”
But it’s unclear whether Blanche has enough votes to get out of committee.
Sen. Thom Tillis, who is on the committee and has been a roadblock to other Trump nominees, told CNN he would oppose Blanche if he equivocates on condemning the Jan. 6, 2021 riot at the Capitol.
“I don’t vote for people just because I like them. I vote for them because they meet my criteria. One of my criteria is no equivocation on January 6,” Tillis said.
The North Carolina Republican said he thought passing legislation to eliminate Trump’s “anti-weaponization” fund would improve Blache’s chances – but a confirmation hearing could be complicated if the future of the fund is still being debated.
“If this is still out there, can you imagine what the Democrats are going to do to that man during a confirmation hearing? Can you imagine how that could potentially influence a couple of our members? We take this off the table, Todd’s chances of becoming confirmed as the AG go up,” he said.
Asked if he could support confirming Blanche if the Senate does not completely kill the fund, Tillis said, “We’re looking at it. I haven’t made a decision yet.”
Another of the committee members, GOP Sen. John Cornyn, told CNN’s Manu Raju on Thursday morning that he remains undecided about whether he’ll vote for Blanche.
“I’m looking forward to the process. I’ve got some questions for him. Being attorney general is probably one of the hardest jobs in the cabinet because you’re working for the president, but you’re also supposed to be able to tell the president no, as the lead lawyer for the country. So need to talk about that,” Cornyn told CNN.
“I’m going to let the process work out.”
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