DOJ Launches Criminal Investigation Into Alaska Senate Decoy Candidate Daniel J. Sullivan Amid NYT Bombshell Revealing Peltola's Camp Recruited the Saboteur
The Justice Department has launched an "aggressive criminal investigation" into Alaska's Senate decoy candidate Daniel J. Sullivan. The investigation intensifies following a New York Times report that Mary Peltola's campaign recruited the decoy to confuse voters.
TL;DR
- The Justice Department has launched an aggressive criminal investigation into Daniel J. Sullivan, a decoy candidate in Alaska's Senate race.
- The New York Times reported that Mary Peltola's campaign recruited Daniel J. Sullivan to act as a decoy and confuse voters.
- A Democrat operative allegedly worked to register Daniel J. Sullivan, who shares a name with incumbent Senator Dan Sullivan, as a GOP challenger.
- The Justice Department has also filed a civil lawsuit to block the certification of the Senate race if the decoy candidate's presence impacts the outcome.
- Federal prosecutors are examining potential charges related to the deprivation of Alaska voters' rights, with grand jury subpoenas anticipated.