Attorneys for Alaska say ‘meritless’ Trump demand to set aside Senate ballots ‘not even possible’
KELOLAND.com reports: by: NICHOLAS RICCARDI and BECKY BOHRER, Associated Press Posted: Oct 31, 2026 / 03:30 PM CDT Updated: Oct 31, 2026 / 03:32 PM CDT ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Alaska’s Republican-run state government on Saturday urged a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed at President Donald Trump’s direction to stop the certification of a possible Democratic win in that state’s pivotal U.S. Senate race, writing that there is “no reason for this Court to entertain this meritless lawsuit any longer.” The scathing filing from the state’s attorney general’s office comes as U.S.
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KELOLAND.com reports: by: NICHOLAS RICCARDI and BECKY BOHRER, Associated Press Posted: Oct 31, 2026 / 03:30 PM CDT Updated: Oct 31, 2026 / 03:32 PM CDT ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Alaska’s Republican-run state government on Saturday urged a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed at President Donald Trump’s direction to stop the certification of a possible Democratic win in that state’s pivotal U.S. Senate race, writing that there is “no reason for this Court to entertain this meritless lawsuit any longer.” The scathing filing from the state’s attorney general’s office comes as U.S.