The Senate Judiciary Committee met Tuesday to vote on advancing Blanche’s nomination to fill his role permanently, and a frustrated Durbin lashed out at Blanche for his previous testimony before the committee. “When asked how the [Justice Department] justified the slush fund’s outrageous $1.776 billion price tag, Mr. Blanche refused to answer,” Durbin said. “He shows contempt for this committee and for our history when refusing to admit that the sum was chosen to signal support for the Jan. 6 rioters when they attacked and invaded the Capitol. Those rioters shamelessly invoked 1776 to compare themselves to American revolutionaries… give me a break!” Todd Blanche’s ‘contempt’ for Congress outrages senator appeared first on Raw Story.