Alaska Senate Decoy Candidate Refuses Oath as DOJ Subpoenas Rise
Alaska Senate decoy candidate Dan Sullivan refuses to answer under oath as DOJ intensifies criminal investigation.
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Alaska’s Senate decoy candidate Daniel J. Sullivan refused to go under oath during the initial investigation, Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy revealed on Thursday. The development comes as the Justice Department ramps up its criminal probe into how Sullivan appeared on the Alaska ballot as a spoiler candidate, issuing a flurry of subpoenas in the last 24 hours.
News of the criminal investigation follows a report by The New York Times that Mary Peltola’s campaign recruited Sullivan as a decoy to confuse voters. The Times revealed that Democratic operatives in Peltola’s campaign worked to register a man named Daniel J. Sullivan as Dan S. Sullivan, the incumbent Senator’s name, as a GOP challenger.
The Times reported that the plan involved traveling to “far-flung Alaskan communities and the appearance of a mysterious Midwestern operative, who traversed the state using a fake name and made his pitch to would-be candidates over beers at brew pubs.” The plan worked, with a retired teacher from a tiny fishing village along the Alaska Panhandle announcing his candidacy for Senate. His name was Dan J. Sullivan, according to the New York Times.
It was also revealed that the decoy Dan Sullivan hasn’t even done any campaign events, making him an obvious plant to muddy the waters. Following the Times report, Governor Dunleavy announced an investigation into Sullivan.
A local Alaska reporter just revealed that Dan J. Sullivan didn’t do any campaign events.
Dunleavy appeared on Fox News on Thursday after announcing the investigation. He stated that Sullivan refused to answer questions under oath and initially tried to present himself as Daniel S. Sullivan, the incumbent Senator’s name, rather than Daniel J. Sullivan. “He did not want to talk and do it under oath,” Dunleavy said.
Today’s New York Times reporting reveals disturbing new evidence of an organized effort to manipulate Alaska’s elections by recruiting candidates—including one with the same name as an incumbent U.S. Senator—to deliberately confuse voters and misdirect their votes. The Alaska Division of Elections investigated these very concerns in June of this year. The new reporting substantially supports the Division’s findings.
The DOJ’s expanding investigation into the Alaska Senate race has seen a surge in subpoenas, with reports indicating more than 30 have been issued in recent days. The inquiry is focused on how Sullivan’s candidacy, which was meant to disrupt the election, ended up on the ballot as a real candidate. The case has raised questions about the integrity of the election process and the tactics used to influence voter behavior.
Source: The Gateway Pundit
