President Trump said Friday he ordered the Justice Department to sue over Alaska's Senate race. He said to reporters, "I'm the one that said do it," the Guardian and the Washington Examiner reported. The department asked a federal court to block sign-off of November results if a second candidate named Daniel J. Sullivan confuses voters, the reports said.

Senator Dan S. Sullivan, a Republican, is in a tight race with former Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola. Daniel J. Sullivan is also listed as a Republican. The Guardian called him a retired schoolteacher. The Examiner called him a former Forest Service worker. The complaint says his run's "sole purpose" is to siphon votes from the senator and help Peltola. It says sign-off could lack integrity, the reports said.

Trump accused Democrats of planting the second Sullivan. He called the case a disgrace, the Examiner reported. Voting-rights experts called the suit a new kind of federal step-in. Notre Dame law professor Derek Mueller wrote that the legal claim is so thin it has almost no chance, the Guardian reported. Control of the Senate could hinge on Alaska, the Guardian said.

The suit was filed less than two weeks before Election Day, the Guardian reported. The White House wants a pause in sign-off while it checks whether votes for Daniel J. Sullivan were meant for the senator, the Guardian said. Alaska's ranked-choice system and the similar names sit at the heart of the claim, the reports said.

What we know: Trump said he ordered the DOJ suit that seeks to delay Alaska Senate sign-off over two candidates named Dan Sullivan.
What we don't: How the court will rule, and whether any votes will be set aside.