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Justice Department seeks to isolate Alaska ballots as criminal probe underway over Senate candidate
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Federal officials also confirmed the existence of a criminal probe over Petersburg candidate Dan J. Sullivan, who shares a name with the Republican incumbent.
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The investigation comes after Mary Peltola denied Thursday that she had any knowledge of the effort to put another Dan Sullivan on the ballot alongside incumbent GOP Sen. Dan Sullivan.
Federal officials also confirmed the existence of a criminal probe over Petersburg candidate Dan J. Sullivan, who shares a name with the Republican incumbent.
The Justice Department is surging resources as part of a criminal investigation into whether any laws were broken related to the US Senate election race in Alaska, the top federal prosecutor in the state told reporters on Friday.
WASHINGTON/ANCHORAGE >> President Donald Trump’s administration stepped up criminal and civil investigations into allegations that Democrats conspired to recruit a spoiler candidate in a critical Senate race in Alaska, U.S.
President Donald Trump’s administration stepped up criminal and civil investigations into allegations that Democrats conspired to recruit a spoiler candidate in a critical Senate race in Alaska, US officials said on Friday, injecting fresh uncertainty into Tuesday’s congressional midterm election.
The latest developments come amid allegations, first reported by The New York Times, that Democrats recruited a spoiler candidate in the toss-up U.S. Senate race.
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