ABC News reported that Alaska's Republican-run state government is urging a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed at President Donald Trump's direction. The suit seeks to stop the certification of a possible Democratic win in the state's pivotal U.S. Senate race, according to the ABC News report on the filing.
ABC News reported that attorneys for Alaska said a Trump demand to set aside Senate ballots is "not even possible." The attorneys also called the demand meritless, according to the same report, which is headlined with those characterizations.
ABC News reported that Alaska's filing asks for dismissal rather than a ruling, and the report, as summarized, does not say whether the judge has acted on the request. It also does not say when the lawsuit was filed.
ABC News reported that the Senate race is pivotal and that a Democratic win in it is possible but not yet certified. The report does not give vote totals or identify the candidates in the race.
ABC News reported that the suit's aim, as described, is to halt certification, but the report does not explain the legal grounds the lawsuit cites. Its account of the Alaska attorneys' position is limited to the quoted phrase and the characterization of the demand as meritless.
ABC News reported no response from Trump in the material available for this story, and no other outlet's coverage of the filing was provided. The account therefore rests on a single source, and details beyond that report are not available here.