Alaska US Attorney confirms criminal probe into decoy Senate candidate scheme
Federal prosecutors say they are investigating whether Mary Peltola's campaign helped recruit a same-named rival to split incumbent Dan Sullivan's vote.
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Trump Administration Voter Fraud Campaign
- Democrats sue Alaska over 18 closed early voting sites days before election
- Trump DOJ escalates fight to block Alaska Senate certification, issues 40+ subpoenas
- Alaska US Attorney confirms criminal probe into decoy Senate candidate schemeyou are here
- DOJ subpoenas Peltola campaign over alleged Alaska 'spoiler Dan Sullivan' scheme
- Peltola injured in car crash, postpones Alaska Senate campaign stops
What to know
- Alaska's U.S. Attorney Michael Heyman confirmed a criminal probe into an alleged scheme to put a decoy candidate, Dan J. Sullivan, on the ballot against GOP incumbent Dan Sullivan.
- DOJ is simultaneously pursuing civil litigation to block certification of the race if the incumbent loses and to compel the Peltola campaign and DSCC to answer questions about recruiting the decoy.
- Prosecutors want ballots ranking the decoy candidate preserved and segregated to investigate possible voter confusion; it is unusual for DOJ to confirm an active criminal probe publicly.
- Heyman would not disclose what crimes are being investigated or who the targets are, while Peltola says she had no knowledge of the recruitment effort.
“seeks to preserve and segregate all ballots ranking Daniel J. Sullivan for the purposes of investigating whether such ranking was the product of voter confusion, should such an investigation become necessary,”
Bryan Wilson, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Alaska · Associated Press ↗ · Oct 29
Mary Peltola Democratic Senate candidateDan Sullivan Republican incumbent U.S. SenatorDan J. Sullivan Alleged decoy Senate candidateMichael Heyman U.S. Attorney for AlaskaBryan Wilson Assistant U.S. Attorney, AlaskaDepartment of Justice Federal plaintiff
How it unfolded 3 developments, newest first · click a bar or a number to jump articlesvideosposts
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DOJ files questions seeking Peltola campaign, DSCC answers
The Justice Department filed with the court a list of proposed questions it wants to compel the Peltola campaign and the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee to answer about their reported role in recruiting the challenger Dan J. Sullivan.
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15 outlets Top federal prosecutor in Alaska says criminal probe underway over would-be spoiler Senate candidate
first by Philadelphia Inquirer, 8d ago · also Straits Times, Anchorage Daily News, AP News, Associated Press, NPR, The Gateway Pundit +8
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- Trump administration accelerates criminal probe into Alaska Senate race Straits Times · 8d ago
- Justice Department seeks to isolate Alaska ballots as criminal probe underway over Senate candidate Anchorage Daily News · 8d ago
- Justice Department seeks to isolate Alaska ballots amid criminal probe over Senate candidate Associated Press · 8d ago
- DOJ Escalates Criminal Probe into Peltola's ‘Decoy Dan’ Sullivan Scheme — Issues More Than 40 Grand Jury Subpoenas Days Before Alaska Senate Vote The Gateway Pundit · 8d ago
- Alaska's Senate race controversy Yahoo · 6d ago
- U.S. Justice Department identifies potential targets as it escalates Alaska Senate criminal probe CP24 · 5d ago
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first by The Independent, 8d ago · also Associated Press, HuffPost, Boston Globe, Philadelphia Inquirer, Yahoo, AP News +4
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- FBI visits Dan J. Sullivan donor in candidate's home town as Alaska Senate inquiry widens Associated Press · 8d ago
- FBI visits Dan J. Sullivan donor in candidate's hometown as Alaska Senate inquiry widens Philadelphia Inquirer · 7d ago
- FBI visits ‘Decoy Dan’ Sullivan donors as feds ramp up investigation into Alaska Senate candidate NY Post · 7d ago
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Good Lord! Look at what they are doing and trying to do to normal Alaskans!😡🤯🤯
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An eventual return to the rule of law must include legislation that attaches a formal process & a high price to this kind of misuse of public office. If you try this BS, and can't justify it, there should be a range of civil & criminal penalties that matches the wide range of disruptive & costly sh*t political stooges are happy to roll out for…
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Let's not forget that one says incumbent. If he somehow manages to not make it to the final round that really sounds like his fault.
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Peltola says she knew nothing of the decoy recruitment effort
Amid the investigation's confirmation, Democratic Senate candidate Mary Peltola said she had no knowledge of efforts to get another Dan Sullivan on the ballot to rival the incumbent.
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first by Washington Examiner, 9d ago
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Heyman confirms criminal probe, DOJ seeks to segregate ballots
U.S. Attorney Michael Heyman publicly confirmed the criminal investigation and said reporting on the Peltola campaign's alleged role brought a 'significant surge of law enforcement assets to Alaska.' In a parallel court filing, Assistant U.S. Attorney Bryan Wilson asked that all ballots ranking Daniel J. Sullivan be preserved and segregated pending a possible voter-confusion probe.
“When credible information comes out, we are committed to pursuing that information to deceive voters and we will act on it. We are acting on it intensely and swiftly,…”
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first by The Hill, 8d ago
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first by MS NOW, 9d ago
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9th Circuit rejects DOJ bid on California ballots — The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals rejected a separate Justice Department request to have California set aside disputed ballots sent to roughly 20,000 people the administration contends may not be U.S. citizens, a ruling cited as context for the Alaska ballot-segregation request.
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NYT reports Peltola campaign tied to decoy candidate — The New York Times reported that Democratic Senate candidate Mary Peltola's campaign appeared to be involved in recruiting a second candidate, Dan J. Sullivan, whose name mirrors the Republican incumbent's.
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DOJ sues to block certification if Sullivan loses — The Justice Department filed civil litigation seeking to block certification of the Alaska Senate race if Republican incumbent Dan Sullivan loses, citing concerns about voter confusion from the similarly named challenger.
Also covered reported alongside — the timeline has no entry for these yet
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first by Political.org, 9d ago · also CBS News
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first by Eurasia Review, 9d ago · also Chicago Tribune
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first by Political.org, 9d ago · also Anchorage Daily News
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- FBI visits Dan J. Sullivan donor in Petersburg as Alaska Senate race inquiry widens Anchorage Daily News · 8d ago
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first by Fox News, 9d ago
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What people are saying 4 voices from 3 sites · best of 9 · verbatim
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@npr.org Luckily you are not carrying Democrats’ water. Otherwise you would have mentioned, prominently, that the practice is legal, that this was litigated, and deemed so by the Alaska Supreme Court. Or that there is a similar effort going on in Nevada. Maybe Bill Maher does your research.
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It’s ranked choice instant run off and they know it. These officials need to be charged with a crime for even running this probe.
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The U.S. Department of Justice requested a court order to isolate certain Alaska ballots due to potential voter confusion. Officials also confirmed a criminal probe into a Senate candidate sharing a name with the Republican incumbent. https:// apnews.com/article/alaska-sull ivan-peltola-senate-election-88259e40d70a7e4f535e01a2b88489aa # Ukraine #…
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From AP: Alaska federal prosecutor says probe underway over Senate candidate https://www. youtube.com/watch?v=eEyy2lasd7 0&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon * VSN-GDPM c1996 # news # SupportIndependentMedia # vsn