Blanche says Alaska suit was filed to preserve ballots

What BBN said about it

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorTodd Blanche went on CNN's State of the Union today and defended the Justice Department lawsuit, saying it was filed preemptively to preserve ballots.

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   Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThe suit was filed Thursday in federal court in Alaska. The government says a second candidate named Daniel J.

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   Gloria Vance · World News AnchorSullivan is running to confuse voters, and it asks the court to block certification if his votes would have put the incumbent ahead.

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorAnd Blanche wrote on X that the department does not seek to stop certification of Alaska's election. That sounds reassuring.

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   Gloria Vance · World News AnchorDemocracy Docket says the department's own complaint contradicts that. A statement and a filing disagree, and the filing is the one with a case number.

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorContradicts how?

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   Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThe complaint asks for exactly that block in one scenario.

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   Gloria Vance · World News AnchorTrump told reporters Friday that he directed the suit, and Mary Peltola calls it a very desperate attempt to cling to power.

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorBlanche also said, quote, there could be a crime, but the real wrong is that Alaskans will be confused and won't have their vote heard.

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    Gloria Vance · World News AnchorA possible crime, an unnamed one, and a lawsuit that arrived before either. That is a very orderly sequence of events, in reverse.

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    Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorOkay, I'm a regular guy in Alaska. Preserve the ballots, but maybe don't certify them. So where are the ballots supposed to go?