Why is the Justice Department suing over the Dan Sullivan ballot in Alaska?

The Justice Department sued to stop certification of Alaska's Senate result if Senator Dan Sullivan loses because votes went to a second candidate, Daniel J. Sullivan, who finished in the top four of the primary alongside Democrat Mary Peltola. Trump said he ordered the suit. The hosts note the Alaska Supreme Court already let the second Sullivan run and that the ballot marks the senator as the incumbent.

• The hosts joke that by that logic the misplaced Pat Buchanan votes in Palm Beach in 2000 should be recounted for Al Gore.

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“I think it's illegal because it's unfair.” Donald Trump · at 51:27 — open in the transcript →

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