The Senate Judiciary Committee advanced President Donald Trump’s picks to be second-in-command at the Justice Department and head of the antitrust division, setting them both up for expected confirmation.
The majority-Republican panel voted along party lines Thursday to send Todd Blanche, Trump’s pick to be deputy attorney general, to the Senate floor.
The committee voted 20-2 to advance Gail Slater, Trump’s picked to lead the antitrust division, with Sens. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii) dissenting.
Blanche, a former Manhattan federal prosecutor who was Trump’s criminal defense attorney, would be the second-highest ranking official at a department that is ...
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