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'Sit and weep': Experts blow up Todd Blanche's defense of DOJ 'election interference' case

Attorney General Todd Blanche tried to calm the uproar over the Justice Department’s lawsuit targeting Alaska’s U.S. Senate race, a suit some have dubbed "election interference." Critics on both the left and the right quickly fact-checked him with the text of DOJ’s own filing. “The Department of Justice does not seek to stop any ballot from being cast or…

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Raw Story· Oct 25, 4:50 PM'Sit and weep': Experts blow up Todd Blanche's defense of DOJ 'election interference' case

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