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Trump DOJ enforcer hedges on midterm meddling with ‘shocking’ caveat: ‘Well, I don’t know’

The Justice Department official leading Trump’s push for states’ voter rolls couldn’t rule out a challenge to midterm results on Sunday’s “60 Minutes,” two weeks before Election Day. “Well, I don’t know what is going to happen, but I can tell you that absent some shocking contingency that is unexpected, there should be no interruption in the usual course…

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