Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) plans to become a headache for President Donald Trump…again.
Trump has to find a replacement for Pam Bondi, who was booted from the post last week.
Tillis announced he would not support any Trump nominee over the January 6 Capitol Hill riot (emphasis mine):
Tillis said, “I’m not really sure what the basis for it was will be saying, potentially another nominee come in before the Judiciary Committee. A little bit too early for me to understand the rationale behind it. I had a good relationship with General Bondi. I hear some of the reports may be a frustration from the president on pursuing, certain cases. You know my position. I have a problem with some of the cases they have pursued, like what I think is the bogus case against Chair Powell. So if it’s founded in that sort of frustration, I’d have to respectfully disagree with the president. If there are other facts related to other matters that I haven’t seen reported, I’ll reserve judgment.”He added, “For me, the threshold for somebody following Pam Bondi ends the moment I hear they said one thing that excused the events of January 6. I’ve been very clear on that. So I hope whoever they have in mind to follow General Bondi was very clear-eyed on my position on January 6. That’s why I didn’t support two other nominees who were coming through Judiciary Committee, and I won’t support any nominee who thought that any element of January 6 was excusable.”
Tillis is not running again this year.
The outgoing senator already threatened to block any Trump Federal Reserve nominee due to an investigation into current Chairman Jerome Powell over a $2.5 billion renovation of the Federal Reserve headquarters.
Tillis initially opposed Pete Hegseth for Department of War secretary before caving after the Senate Armed Services Committee advanced his nomination.
In May 2025, Tillis also caused problems for Ed Martin after Trump nominated him for D.C. U.S. Attorney due to, you guessed it, his comments brushing aside the Capitol Hill riots.
Trump withdrew Martin’s nomination a few days after Tillis’s declaration.
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