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DOJ Issues Grand Jury Subpoenas in Alaska Senate Race

Federal prosecutors have issued grand jury subpoenas and document requests in an investigation into efforts to recruit a second candidate named Dan Sullivan in Alaska's Senate race.

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The Alaska governor directed the Department of Public Safety to investigate whether Mary Peltola's Senate campaign violated state laws, after a New York Times report that her campaign and the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee worked to recruit a candidate with the same name as Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan.(source: Oct 29: Alaska governor orders investigation into Mary Peltola's Senate campaign) Peltola has denied knowing about the effort, and her campaign denied involvement in encouraging or soliciting Dan J. Sullivan to run, according to an Anchorage Daily News report.(source: Oct 28: Peltola denies knowing about effort to recruit second Dan Sullivan in Alaska Senate race)(source: Oct 29: Alaska governor orders investigation into Mary Peltola's Senate campaign) The Justice Department has escalated a criminal investigation with new grand jury subpoenas and sued to block certification of the Senate contest's results if the incumbent loses.(source: Oct 28: Peltola denies knowing about effort to recruit second Dan Sullivan in Alaska Senate race)

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  1. No readers have picked a side yetAlaska governor orders investigation into Mary Peltola's Senate campaign
  2. No readers have picked a side yetReport: Peltola Campaign Aides Sought Voters Named Dan Sullivan in Alaska Senate Race
  3. No readers have picked a side yetPeltola denies knowing about effort to recruit second Dan Sullivan in Alaska Senate race
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  • The Justice Department has issued grand jury subpoenas and document preservation requests in an investigation into the Alaska Senate race, according to multiple reports.
  • Reports put the number of subpoenas and preservation requests at more than 40 or at least three dozen.
  • The subpoenas reached Democrat Mary Peltola's Senate campaign and the campaign of a second Dan Sullivan, according to reports.
  • Prosecutors are investigating whether the effort could violate federal conspiracy or voting rights statutes, according to reports.
  • The department filed a civil lawsuit seeking to block certification of results if voter confusion from the dual Sullivans affects the outcome, according to reports.
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Says DOJ escalates probe into decoy candidate

New York Post (Politics): DOJ ramps up criminal probe into Alaska’s ‘Decoy Dan’, preps grand jury subpoenas

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Right-leaning outlets report that the Justice Department has escalated its investigation into a scheme involving Democratic campaign officials to recruit a same-name candidate against Sen. Dan Sullivan.

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Calls the decoy candidate a Democrat plot

The Gateway Pundit: DOJ Escalates Criminal Probe into Peltola’s ‘Decoy Dan’ Sullivan Scheme — Issues More Than 40 Grand Jury Subpoenas Days Before Alaska Senate Vote

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Far-right outlets claim the Justice Department is ramping up a criminal probe into a Democratic plot to plant a same-name candidate to siphon votes from Sen. Dan Sullivan.

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