Todd Blanche spars with Bash over Alaska lawsuit

The Justice Department sued in federal court in Alaska to block certification of the U.S. Senate race if Republican Sen. Dan S. Sullivan loses and ranked-choice reallocation of votes cast for unaffiliated Daniel J. Sullivan Jr. would have made the senator win. Daniel J. Sullivan Jr., a retired schoolteacher who received 2.5 percent in the primary, remains on the ballot after Elections Director Carol Beecher ruled him ineligible and a court restored him to the Aug. 18 primary. Democrat Mary Peltola is also running. Cook Political Report rates the race a toss up; Decision Desk HQ shows Peltola up about two points. Trump said Friday, "I'm the one that said do it." On Oct. 25 on CNN's State of the Union, Bash asked Blanche what crime is alleged. He said, "What's the crime? Well it depends. There could be a crime, but the real wrong here is that Alaskans are gonna be confused and will not have their vote heard." After Bash showed Article I, Section 4's first clause, Blanche said she "highlighted only the first clause," asked that the next clause be shown, and said "the second clause says 'but the Congress may at any time by Law' and we have a law and that's the law we're relying on when we filed suit earlier this week." Bash asked whether the suit lays groundwork for Trump to overturn the election, invoking Jan. 6. Blanche said, "Oh stop it. You gotta stop it with that! You're not being a real person. Come on, man. That is crazy!" and called it "not a real question."