“The Trump Justice Department filed a lawsuit seeking to block certification of the Alaska U.S. Senate election results if the Republican incumbent loses”
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The DOJ, under AG Todd Blanche, did file a lawsuit seeking to block certification of Alaska's Senate election results if Republican incumbent Dan Sullivan loses.
ABC News and The Guardian both confirm that the Trump administration's Justice Department filed a lawsuit to block certification of Alaska's Senate results contingent on GOP incumbent Dan Sullivan losing, and that AG Todd Blanche defended this lawsuit on CNN's State of the Union. CNN's own live-updates page headline corroborates this as well. The claim accurately reflects the conditional nature of the lawsuit (blocking certification only if Sullivan loses) as reported across all three sources.
Sources
- Live updates: Blanche defends lawsuit to block certification of Alaska Senate results if GOP incumbent loses | CNN Politics — CNN
- Blanche says Trump isn't trying to meddle with Alaska election results by suing over Senate race — abcnews.com
- Blanche defends DoJ’s pre-emptive suit to block Alaska Senate results certification — theguardian.com