Blanche gets combative over DOJ lawsuit alleging potential confusion in Alaska Senate race
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[0:00] The Trump administration is defending a
[0:02] lawsuit that preemptively challenges
[0:04] next week's Senate election in Alaska.
[0:06] The DOJ is seeking to stop the election
[0:08] from being certified if Republican
[0:10] incumbent Dan Sullivan loses. Officials
[0:13] argue the presence of another Dan
[0:15] Sullivan on the ballot could confuse
[0:17] voters. On Face the Nation yesterday,
[0:19] Attorney General Todd Blanch refused to
[0:21] say whether President Trump told the DOJ
[0:24] to file this lawsuit.
[0:26] >> He said, "I told them to do it." Did he
[0:28] tell that? That wasn't your question.
[0:29] No, no, he didn't say that on camera. He
[0:31] said he told them to do that. I sa