Trump DOJ moves to torpedo red state Senate result if Republican narrowly loses

President Donald Trump’s Justice Department wants a federal judge to stop Alaska from certifying its U.S. Senate race if Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan loses a race he would have won had the votes for a second “Dan Sullivan” gone to him.The lawsuit, filed Thursday in federal court in Anchorage, targets Daniel J. Sullivan, a Petersburg man running as a Republican in a closely watched race between the incumbent and Democrat Mary Peltola.“The sole purpose of his candidacy is to benefit the Peltola campaign by reducing the number of votes for Senator Sullivan,” the complaint alleges.The DOJ asks the court to block certification of any result in which the senator loses but would have won had every vote for Daniel J. Sullivan gone to him instead and the state’s ranked-choice tally played out accordingly. Certification would stay on hold “pending an investigation to determine whether votes cast for Daniel J. Sullivan...