‘One of the worst’ DOJ claims ever made flagged in plot to block massive GOP loss

President Donald Trump's Justice Department made a last-ditch move to shield a vulnerable Republican senator, and legal experts say it's dead on arrival.The DOJ filed a suit Thursday seeking to stop Alaska from certifying its Senate race if GOP Sen. Dan Sullivan loses, Politico reported Friday. Notre Dame law professor Derek Muller didn't mince words about the case. "The legal argument is one of the worst ones I've ever seen," he said.Associate Attorney General Stanley Woodward, the DOJ's third-ranking official, brought the case. It asks state officials to hold off on certification if Sullivan is defeated until they investigate supposed "voter confusion" stemming from a second man named Dan Sullivan appearing on the ballot. Alaska's Supreme Court already tossed out an identical challenge in June, which would ordinarily end the matter.Trump made no secret of his role. "I'm the one that said 'do it,'" he said Friday when asked about...