Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche will go before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday morning for a hearing, and eventually a vote, on whether President Trump's nominee will be confirmed to lead the Justice Department in a full capacity.

The former Trump personal attorney is expected to face several tough questions from committee members – including ones on Trump’s IRS lawsuit and the DOJ's handling of the so-called Epstein files. 

He will likely need a yes vote from every Republican on the panel to be "confirmed" and "recommended" out of the committee for a final, full-Senate vote, considering all of the Democrats will almost certainly vote no.

Blanche has served as attorney general in an acting capacity since April, when Trump replaced Pam Bondi.

The IRS settlement resulted in a so-called "Anti-Weaponization Fund," that included a settlement from the IRS after Trump's personal attorneys sued the agency for $10 billion over the leak of his tax returns.

The fund was criticized by Senate Republicans and others who demanded the administration close it because it could be used to award Trump allies who claimed to have been wrongful targets of the Biden administration, including those convicted in connection to the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot, according to ABC News.

Blanche later said the administration was dropping the fund, but the DOJ has yet to do so in writing, nor has the agency publicly rescinded a separate order by Blanche, which Senate Republicans also opposed, for immunity from IRS probes for Trump and his family. 

Among the Republican members on the Judiciary committee who still want to hear more from Blanche before committing to a yes vote are Sens. John Cornyn, of Texas, and Thom Tillis. The North Carolina lawmaker told ABC News on Tuesday that the fund needs to be "certainly and completely ended" before he can vote for Blanche to be sworn in as attorney general.

The Justice Department has been widely criticized for its handling of the files related to the late-Jeffrey Epstein, a convicted sex-crime offender who was friendly with some of the world's most powerful men.

The criticism has largely been over the DOJ withholding or heavily redacting documents in the file and for accidentally exposing sensitive personal information about victims and dragging out the transparency process.