Todd Blanche, the acting attorney general nominated by President Trump to oversee the Justice Department, faced pointed questions during a confirmation hearing on Wednesday from Senator John Cornyn, a Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee whose support could be crucial.
Mr. Cornyn, one of two G.O.P. lawmakers on the committee who has expressed reservations about Mr. Blanche, pressed him over a deal the department reached with the president that a federal judge said this week amounted to self-dealing. Even a single Republican vote against Mr. Blanche could be enough to sink his nomination, and Mr. Cornyn said during a brief recess that he was undecided.
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