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Shrai Popat in Washington

Trump says he ordered DoJ to file lawsuit to block Alaska Senate results certification

a man speaks into a microphone as Donald Trump stands behind him
Dan S Sullivan, the Republican Senate candidate and incumbent US senator, speaks onstage as Donald Trump looks on at the Curtis D Menard Memorial Sports Center in Wasilla, Alaska, on 13 October 2026. Photograph: Evan Vucci/Reuters

Donald Trump said he ordered the justice department to file a lawsuit to block the certification of Alaska’s US Senate results if the Republican incumbent on the ballot does not win.

“I’m the one that said do it,” Trump told reporters on Friday.

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