Blanche won’t rule out DOJ post-election action in a ‘doomsday’ scenario

NORFOLK, Va. — Attorney General Todd Blanche on Thursday left open the possibility that the Justice Department could seek to block states from certifying votes in the midterm elections, though Blanche said it wasn’t his intention to “improperly interfere with elections.”

NBC News reported this week that the Justice Department is weighing more election-related litigation against states, following a lawsuit against California to compel state officials to review 18,000 registered voters the DOJ suspected could be noncitizens seeking to cast fraudulent ballots. California has an all-mail election and sends out ballots automatically.