The US Justice Department is seeking to invalidate Alaska’s Senate election results if the Republican incumbent loses next month, in a rare legal move that raises questions about the Trump administration’s willingness to accept defeat in the midterms.
In a lawsuit filed Thursday, the Justice Department alleged that Republican Dan J. Sullivan Jr., who is running for the Senate, could confuse voters intending to support the incumbent senator, who is also Republican and is also named Dan Sullivan.
President Donald Trump tried to overthrow the 2020 presidential election in which he lost to Democrat Joe Biden.
Sullivan will confuse or mislead voters looking to cast a vote for Senator Sullivan… there is a substantial likelihood that a certification of the election will reflect an electoral process that lacked integrity,” the agency said in its lawsuit. “It is not DOJ’s intention to — and it’s never our intention to — improperly interfere with elections or the state confirmation process or certification process,” Blanche said. “Given the substantial likelihood that the inclusion of Daniel J. “But you know, to say that there’s no circumstances that we would ever do that. Of course, I’m not going to say that. Democrats have accused the Trump administration of seeking to influence the November vote by expanding federal control over state-run elections and by repeatedly questioning the integrity of election results. The Constitution gives states primary responsibility for running elections, while Congress has the power to regulate federal elections.
