Schiff accuses DOJ of trying to 'subvert' elections as GOP alleges same-name candidate meant to confuse voters
Sen.Adam Schiff, D-Calif., accused President Donald Trump's Justice Department of trying to subvert elections through its lawsuit over Alaska's unusual Senate ballot, even as Republicans allege Democrats have propped up a Senate candidate with the same name as the GOP nominee to confuse voters.Sen.
Dan S.Sullivan, R- Alaska, is running against Daniel J.
Sullivan Jr., who has no party affiliation.State courts ultimately allowed the second Dan Sullivan to remain on the ballot.
Schiff argued the Justice Department has no business stepping into a matter Alaska's courts have already settled.Republicans contend Daniel Sullivan entered the race to draw votes away from the incumbent and help former Democratic Rep.
Mary Peltola — a claim the now- Senate candidate and her campaign deny."They don't have standing to bring this kind of a suit.It's not the federal government's business to run Alaskan elections.
It's Alaska's business to do that," Schiff told NBC News on Sunday."They have already adjudicated this question, and the Justice Department knows this, but it just shows how complicit they are now in the Trump campaign to try to subvert the elections."ALASKA SENATE RACE’S ABSURD NAME PROBLEM GETS EVEN HARDER TO UNTANGLESen.Adam Schiff, left; Attorney General nominee Todd Blanche, right.
(Al Drago/Getty Images; Eric Lee/Getty Images)Schiff has long been one of Trump's most prominent adversaries, serving as the lead House impeachment manager during Trump's first impeachment trial and later sitting on the House committee investigating the Jan.6 Capitol riot.
The Burbank Democrat has repeatedly accused Trump of undermining democratic institutions and election integrity, making his attack on the Justice Department the latest volley in a yearslong political and legal feud.Schiff drew a comparison to Trump's efforts to challenge the 2020 presidential election, arguing that senior Justice Department officials at the time, including Attorney General William Barr refused ...