The Justice Department sent out more than 20 target and preservation letters as part of its investigation into Daniel J. Sullivan’s campaign for U.S. Senate in Alaska, two sources familiar with the investigation told Fox News Digital.
President Donald Trump's DOJ launched in July its investigation into the retired schoolteacher suspected of being recruited as a spoiler candidate in the race against Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, earning him the nickname "Decoy Dan." A source familiar with the investigation said more than 120 subpoenas have been issued since the probe began this summer. The investigation initially focused on whether Daniel J.
Sullivan’s candidacy was intended to confuse voters and undermine the fairness of the election. "This is a situation where everybody agrees that there is a FRAUD on the ballot," Attorney General Todd Blanche told Fox News Digital. "Everybody agrees that there is a man running that doesn't want to run, that doesn't expect to be senator, that is only running to confuse Alaskan voters." TIM SCOTT DECLARES ALLEGED 'DECOY DAN' PLOT A 'CRIMINAL OFFENSE' AS DOJ INVESTIGATION ROCKS ALASKA Last Thursday, the Trump administration issued more than 30 subpoenas in a 24-hour period following a New York Times report detailing alleged coordination between the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic operatives and people connected to Mary Peltola’s campaign to recruit Sullivan, a source familiar told Fox News Digital.
The New York Times first reported on Election Day that the Justice Department had issued the letter notifying individuals that they were under investigation and letters notifying individuals to preserve their communications and documentations. The report named Marc Elias, an election lawyer whose firm Elias Law Group has represented Peltola, and an official from the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, as recipients of those notices. It is not clear who else has received comment preservation or target letters.
TRUMP PROSECUTIONS UNDER BIDEN SET PRECEDENT FOR DOJ’S ALASKA ‘DECOY DAN’ PROBE, EX-FEC CHAIR SAYS President Trump has been highly critical of the alleged efforts of the Democratic Party to siphon voters away from Sen. His administration previously filed a lawsuit against Alaska officials to prevent them from certifying election results if it was deemed Daniel J. Sullivan may have cost Sen.
That that lawsuit was tossed out by a federal judge Sunday. DOJ FACES ‘HEAVY LIFT’ IN ALASKA ELECTION APPEAL AS SEPARATE CRIMINAL PROBE CONTINUES "You had the Democrat Party headed up by Elias, their lawyer, who was a bad guy, very bad guy — should go to jail, in my opinion," Trump shared on "Fox & Friends Tuesday." "But you had the Democrat Party look all over Alaska for somebody named Sullivan." Trump also suggested that Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer should be held "criminally responsible," as well. Sources familiar with the investigation shared with Fox News Digital that the letters were not sent exclusively to Democratic officials, but they would not give more information or provide specifics about who the recipients were or how many received target versus preservation letters.
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