Trump's AG pick survives - for now - as Republicans question if White House deal will hold

Some lawmakers, however, are questioning the agreement and whether Trump will actually comply.

Tillis said of the anti-weaponization fund that, "we've got enough data in the record to know it's rescinded." But he acknowledged that, "Other people are asking about the audit component, but it's another area where I put a lot of faith in John Cornyn."

"I think that he believes that we're at a place where it's narrowly defined, and it would be very difficult for anybody to construe it as some sort of get out of audit free - for any kind of future - I know it's retrospective, it is not prospective," Cornyn said.

"And I believe that only the parties to the agreement may be in a position to be exempted. So, that's, you know, that's enough for me," he continued.

The duo's colleagues on the Senate Judiciary Committee have a divided outlook on the nature of the deal, given Trump's desire to revive the fund and because the audit immunity wasn't fully buried.

"Cornyn and Tillis seem to have gotten nothing meaningful," Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., told Fox News Digital. "You know, the tax immunity deal is still unlimited, in terms of past potential liability. And the slush fund - the thug fund as I call it - is still alive and well, so far as Donald Trump is concerned. And he's the one who counts."

Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., told Fox News Digital Trump "could renege on their agreement."

"I'm not saying he will or he won't, what's stopping the president from doing anything? But it was important to Cornyn and important to Tillis," Kennedy said. "And I'm glad they got cooperation from, finally, from DOJ. And I think I've heard some other senators who have grumbled a little bit about not voting for Blanche, but I think they will. He'll be confirmed."

And the numbers look tough going forward. Sens. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, Susan Collins, R-Maine, John Curtis, R-Utah, and Bill Cassidy, R-La., are still on the fence about Blanche.

"I think certainly the fact that he has signed this order, basically disbanding [the fund] - that's a pretty good step," Murkowski said.

Because of the schedule and outlying variables, he couldn't guarantee that Blanche's confirmation would get done before September.

"Ideally, we'd like to get him done, and particularly if he comes out, which looks like he now will, affirmatively out of the committee," Thune said. "Then I'd like to figure out a way, a path forward to get him done."