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Victoria Bekiempis

Blanche defends DoJ’s pre-emptive suit to block Alaska Senate results certification

Donald Trump, wearing a blue suit, looks to the side while seated at a table with Todd Blanche, also in a blue suit, who is speaking
Todd Blanche, with Donald Trump, delivers remarks during a roundtable in the East Room of the White House in Washington DC on 21 October. Photograph: Shawn Thew/EPA

Todd Blanche, Donald Trump’s attorney general, lashed out during an interview on Sunday while defending the justice department’s pre-emptive lawsuit to block certification of Alaska’s US Senate results if the GOP incumbent loses, calling a TV host’s question “crazy”.

The testy repartee unfolded on CNN’s State of the Union over the DoJ’s unprecedented legal action, which alleges that there could be “voter confusion” due to two candidates named Dan Sullivan on Alaska’s ballot. Trump told reporters, “I’m the one that said do it” when asked about the suit.

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