Todd Blanche sets off alarm with ‘dangerous’ election remark: ‘Incredibly bad sign’

Attorney General Todd Blanche sparked alarm Thursday after refusing to rule out Justice Department involvement in certifying state election results, prompting critics to warn of potential DOJ interference in the upcoming midterms.The backlash erupted after the top Trump official was asked whether there were any circumstances in which the DOJ might intervene in the certification process or attempt to block states from certifying their results.“Yes. Of course, there are scenarios that we could all come up with hypothetically, you know, some doomsday scenario, for example,” Blanche responded.He insisted that the department had no intention of improperly interfering with elections — but declined to make an absolute commitment.“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,” Blanche said.Political commentators, journalists and legal observers quickly seized on the eyebrow-raising remarks with their own warnings.“There’s no ‘but’ Todd,” former...