The following is the transcript of the interview with Attorney General Todd Blance that aired on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" on Oct. 25, 2026. MARGARET BRENNAN: And we begin with U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche.
Good morning to you, sir. ATTORNEY GENERAL TODD BLANCHE: Good morning. MARGARET BRENNAN: So we're nine days out.
Your colleague Harmeet Dhillon, whose office would oversee election integrity cases, told my colleagues over at 60 Minutes that, quote, "absent some shocking contingency that's unexpected, there should be no interruption in the usual course of counting and certifying the results in the states." Do you share that view? AG BLANCHE: Well, yes, of course. Absent- absent some facts that require us to do otherwise, there's President Trump, the Department of Justice- we don't want to have to get a law involved in elections, of course not.
But that doesn't mean that at times any Justice Department doesn't do that and shouldn't do that if the facts and the law require it. MARGARET BRENNAN: Well, it seems you already are taking action up in Alaska. Just for our audience to understand, there are two Dan Sullivans on the ballot there.
There's the incumbent senator, a Republican, Dan S. Sullivan, and then there's a challenger there, Dan J. The Justice Department is suing Alaska preemptively to block the certification of the results if Senator Sullivan loses.
Now, President Trump was asked about this lawsuit. He said quote, "I'm the one that said do it." Who did he tell to do this? Did he tell you to do this?
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