GOP Sen. Marsha Blackburn said Tuesday that she thinks the Senate has enough votes to confirm acting Attorney General Todd Blanche to the post permanently and that investigators have recovered additional evidence that could support a potential criminal charge against former Special Counsel Jack Smith.

​The Tennessee senator made her comments on Just the News: No Noise, just hours after Blanche's nomination advanced out of the Senate Judiciary Committee, following concerns from some ranking Republicans having been addressed.

​“It is a big moment to get him off the committee,” said Blackburn of the President Trump nominee. “We will get him to the floor. He will be confirmed. We're looking forward to doing that. Hopefully, doing it before we break for the August work period.”

The committee recommended Blanche out of committee in a 12-10, party line vote in which GOP holdout Sens. John Cornyn, Texas, and Thom Tillis, North Carolina, voted "yes" after Blanche provided a written notice that the Justice Department has rescinded the so-called $1.8 billion Trump "Anti-Weaponization Fund." 

"I think once he provided the documents that both Cornyn and Tillis were wanting, I think that we are well on our way to seeing him confirmed," Blackburn said.

(She spoke at roughly the same time Maine GOP Sen. Susan Collins said she would vote "no" on Blanche, narrowing his path to confirmation.)

Blackburn also said she believes investigators are continuing to gather evidence related to Smith taking the phone records – including hers and those of about a half-dozen other Republican senators – to determine whom they had spoken to just before and after the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the Capitol. 

"I do think that the evidence is there, and every single day we learn a little bit more," also said Blackburn, who considered her among those "weaponized" by the Justice Department under Democrat President Joe Biden.

She alleged that investigators have found evidence showing records beyond just telephone tolling data, including emails, were obtained during Smith's investigation. She questioned whether additional personal information, including financial records or information involving family members, may also have been collected from prominent conservatives.

"The thing is this: What else did they go after?" Blackburn said. "Were they surveilling our family members? Were they surveilling other people that we were talking to? How wide was this net?"

She argued Congress should consider legislation to prevent future special counsels from obtaining similar records and said reforms may be needed to govern how special counsels are appointed.

"If we need to pass bills that will eliminate their ability, any special counsel from doing this, we will do that. If we need to change the requirements of how a special counsel is brought forward, we need to do that." Blackburn said. "The point is making certain that those privacy protections are there for our citizens."