Blanche defends DoJ’s pre-emptive suit to block Alaska Senate results certification
US attorney general calls CNN ‘crazy’ for suggesting Trump’s attempt to overturn election could lead to January 6 repeat
TL;DR
- Todd Blanche, Donald Trump’s attorney, defended the Justice Department's lawsuit to block Alaska's US Senate election certification.
- The lawsuit alleges potential "voter confusion" due to two candidates named Dan Sullivan on the ballot.
- Blanche argued with CNN's Dana Bash and CBS's Margaret Brennan, calling their questions "crazy" and "misleading."
- He asserted the lawsuit was for the state of Alaska, not to lay groundwork for the president to overturn results.
- Election experts, including Derek Mueller, David Becker, and Richard H. Pildes, deemed the lawsuit legally weak and an unprecedented political intervention.
- Trump stated he instructed the DoJ to file the suit.