I found the "higher-up in the White House". And he's pretty high up.
Sens. Cornyn and Tillis both say someone higher-up in the White House is influencing and ruining any deal on Todd Blanche. Tillis said he doesn’t think it’s the president.
“If this were just between me and Todd Blanche, we would have worked this out, but, apparently, he’s getting some pushback from higher ups at the White House. I don't know who, but it doesn’t need to be this hard,” Cornyn said.
Tillis told me “I don’t know who it is — I’m just trying to get them out of the way so we can get the president his AG.”