President calls for former personal defense lawyer to be \u2018immediately approved\u2019 as attorney general<\/p>\n
Donald Trump has defended controversial plans for a $1.8bn slush fund even as they threaten to derail the nomination of his former personal lawyer Todd Blanche for US attorney general.<\/p>\n
Blanche \u201cshould be immediately approved\u201d by the US Senate, the president declared in a post on his Truth Social platform on Friday morning, defending the payout scheme proposed by his officials in the Department of Justice as it holds up Blanche\u2019s confirmation.<\/p>\n
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