The department issued a letter to a prominent Democratic attorney in Washington and others saying that they may be targets of the criminal inquiry, people familiar with the matter said.

Attorney General Todd Blanche doubled down on his threats against the election in Alaska in an interview on Fox News Tuesday, as voters began to flood in for the midterm election. He reiterated his claim that the campaign of a second man named "Dan Sullivan" against the incumbent Republican senator of the same name…

Sending such a notification at the decisive moment in a close race between the incumbent Republican, Dan Sullivan, and his Democratic opponent, Mary Peltola, is highly unusual.

President Donald Trump is taking drastic steps to investigate Alaska’s Senate election, with the Department of Justice sending criminal target letters to about 20 leading Democrats. The New York Times reported on Election Day that Marc Elias, a Democratic elections lawyer whose firm represents Alaska Democratic Senate…

Sources say the politicized Trump Justice Department is in the process of sending 20 target letters as part of its investigation into the Dan J. Sullivan campaign in Alaska, according to two sources familiar with the investigation. “A target letter is an official notification from prosecutors informing an individual…

The Justice Department has sent letters to about 20 Democrats warning that they may be targets of its investigation into the recruitment of a candidate with the same name as Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-AK). The New York Times reported, citing two people with knowledge of the move, that sending such notifications at the…

A former Trump administration official says a Democratic victory in Texas’ high-stakes Senate race could trigger an effort by President Donald Trump to overturn the results — potentially involving the FBI. Miles Taylor, a former Department of Homeland Security chief of staff under Trump, outlined that scenario in an…

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Republicans appear to be on the brink of losing power in Congress—and Donald Trump is not handling it well. The president freaked out on Monday night in a series of Truth Social posts about the Alaska Senate race, where Republican Senator Dan Sullivan is not only up against Democratic challenger Mary Peltola but also…

Hours before Alaska voters head to the polls, President Donald Trump again accused Democrats of hiding Senate candidate Daniel J. Sullivan Jr., going so far as to suggest he has been “kidnapped.” In a post well after midnight, Trump fumed that having two Dan Sullivans on the ballot could confuse voters and cost…

Only Dan Sullivans are eligible to be United States senators!

Alaska voter Greg Martone tells NewsNation he is worried might've voted for the wrong Dan Sullivan in the Senate race, right after casting his ballot The post Alaska Republican Immediately Stresses Out He Might’ve Voted for the ‘Decoy’ Dan Sullivan first appeared on Mediaite.

Republicans are shocked — shocked! — by news accounts of Democrats urging another Dan Sullivan to run for the U.S. Senate. They apparently think Alaskans are so stupid that Petersburg Dan might pull votes from our incumbent senator — even though the ballot lists Ohio Dan as “incumbent.”

Legal analysts are scratching their heads over the Justice Department's filing of its notice of intent to appeal in the Alaska Senate race case. Some experts said the DOJ may have messed up its case if it doesn't act quickly to fix it. President Donald Trump's administration tried to interfere in the Alaska Senate…

Did Democrats just hand Republicans the Alaska Senate race? Isaac, Kmele, and Ari react to the New York Times report that a top aide on Mary Peltola's

The campaign of U.S. Senate candidate Mary Peltola of Alaska, a Democrat, has been rocked by accusations it recruited a spoiler candidate for the ballot. AP/Mark Thiessen Less than a week before Election Day, The New York Times reported that people with links to Alaska Democrat Mary Peltola’s U.S. Senate campaign and…

The campaign of U.S. Senate candidate Mary Peltola of Alaska, a Democrat, has been rocked by accusations it recruited a spoiler candidate for the ballot. AP/Mark Thiessen Less than a week before Election Day, The New York Times reported that people with links to Alaska Democrat Mary Peltola’s U.S. Senate campaign and…

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The New York Times’ explosive report earlier this week about a hotly-contested Senate race in Alaska is still producing aftershocks. The Times’ Kellen Browning reported that the campaign of Mary […] The post Alaska Senate race controversy continues, puts election tactics in the spotlight appeared first on Poynter.

Election law expert and UCLA Prof. Rick Hasen (Election Law Blog) has a post about this; an excerpt: Today's New… The post The Law and Democrats Alleging Recruiting Second "Dan Sullivan" to Run in Alaska Senate Race appeared first on Reason Magazine.

Did Democrats compromise their chances to flip the Senate by recruiting a sham Dan Sullivan in Alaska? This week on Suspension of the Rules, Isaac,

The New York Times published a bombshell report on Wednesday that could affect a key Senate race in Alaska and has President Donald Trump demanding the Democratic candidate there “suffer […] The post There are two Dan Sullivans running for Senate in Alaska. The New York Times found out why appeared first on Poynter.

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