Max Flugrath
Role at the time: Communications director, Fair Fight Action
Condemned
Response to this claim
There are hypothetical scenarios, such as a doomsday scenario, in which the Justice Department could act on a state's certification of election results, although the department does not intend to improperly interfere with elections or certification.
“I don't know of another U.S. attorney general who has publicly entertained using the DOJ to block states from certifying an election.”
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Why we used this label
The case concerns Blanche's refusal to rule out Justice Department action to block a state's certification. Flugrath presents Blanche's answer as without precedent among attorneys general, an objection to the stance under scrutiny.