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Investigating DC for @latimes, ex-@miamiherald/@mcclatchydc, @publicintegrity Husband of @ruthigielnik. Signal: @benwieder.51, ben.wieder@latimes.com

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Trump attorney general pick Todd Blanche could face confirmation challenges

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By Ben Wieder 
| Decatur Daily
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump announced Wednesday night at a White House dinner that he wanted to make acting Atty. Gen. Todd Blanche's leadership of the Department of Justice permanent. The president said he thought the confirmation of his onetime personal defense attorney would go "very quickly," according to a video posted from the dinner. But early indications suggest that the process could be anything but. Blanche, who assumed his current role after Trump fired former Atty. Gen.
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Trump attorney general pick Todd Blanche could face confirmation challenges

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Report: Erin Stewart demanded $205K in severance, received $120K | The Day

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By Gianni Salisbury, Daniel Drainville , Ben Wieder 
| The Day
Last July, as Mayor Erin Stewart of New Britain looked ahead to leaving office and beginning a gubernatorial campaign in November, she sent a stunning email to four officials — a demand for more than $205,000 she calculated the city owed her for unused vacation, holiday, sick and personal days as its elected mayor.
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