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Fox reports DOJ appeal after Alaska certification lawsuit is dismissed

Gregg Jarrett distinguishes a procedural dismissal from a ruling on the underlying allegations in the Senate ballot dispute.

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Why this story? One of the most watched videos since yesterday, with 128,857 views.

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0:18Fox reports that a judge rejected the DOJ lawsuit seeking to delay certification of Alaska's Senate race.
1:03An on-screen headline says the DOJ will appeal the ruling.
1:32Jarrett describes a procedural dismissal and outlines possible Ninth Circuit challenges and later litigation.
3:13The Alaska discussion ends and the segment turns to a separate federal investigation.
3:40Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin says his department has presented a large, multi-person case to the DOJ.

A judge's dismissal has shifted Fox News's Alaska ballot coverage from whether certification should be delayed to what an appeal could accomplish.

The new Fox & Friends segment reports that the Justice Department plans to appeal the rejection of its lawsuit seeking to delay certification of Alaska's Senate race. Posted today, the discussion drew about 129,000 views in its first two hours.

As we reported here, the dispute concerns two candidates sharing the Sullivan name. This installment adds the dismissal and the announced appeal, with host Lawrence Jones asking legal analyst Gregg Jarrett what options remain.

Jarrett describes the dismissal as procedural, rather than a decision on the underlying election allegations. He discusses a potential challenge at the Ninth Circuit and argues that courts could still intervene to stop certification. Those are possible legal routes he outlines, not outcomes the segment announces.

The distinction matters to understanding the update: the lawsuit's rejection does not, in Jarrett's account, settle the allegations, and an appeal does not itself mean certification has been halted. After the Alaska discussion, the program turns to a separate federal investigation, rather than another development in the ballot case.

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