Jennifer Bendery(@jbendery):NEW: Trump appears ready to sacrifice his handpicked AG nominee to preserve a blatantly corrupt IRS legal settlement that 2 GOP senators are demanding changes to. Sen. John Cornyn says Trump tanked a deal he had with DOJ last night, talks now "shut down"

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Jennifer Bendery@jbendery

2026.07.30 18:45

NEW: Trump appears ready to sacrifice his handpicked AG nominee to preserve a blatantly corrupt IRS legal settlement that 2 GOP senators are demanding changes to. Sen. John Cornyn says Trump tanked a deal he had with DOJ last night, talks now "shut down"