DOJ Targets Marc Elias in Alaska Senate Vote Probe — SkimNews
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- Marc Elias received a federal "target" letter on Tuesday, with prosecutors warning that they had gathered enough evidence to regard recipients — including the Democratic Party's attorney and his law firm — as possible defendants in a future indictment.
- Marc Elias said in a Tuesday statement that "No one should be surprised that President Trump's Department of Justice is targeting me and my law firm on Election Day" and that "We will not be intimidated by a sham investigation."
- Justice Department has issued more than 100 subpoenas so far as part of the Alaska investigation, according to an AP report citing an unnamed person briefed on the probe.
- Dan Sullivan, the incumbent Republican senator, faces a midterm challenge from former Democratic congresswoman Mary Peltola for a seat the source describes as pivotal to determining which party controls the Senate.
- Trump and administration officials said the Democratic Party deliberately put up a second candidate, who shares the incumbent Sullivan's name, to confuse voters on Election Day; Democrats deny the accusation and say Tuesday's ballots clearly mark each Sullivan separately.
- In Alaska, the Justice Department's attempt to have a court block certification of the election if the incumbent Sullivan loses was unsuccessful, and the sweeping investigation went ahead regardless.
Why it matters: The race for a Senate seat described as pivotal to control of the Senate now carries more than 100 subpoenas and a federal target letter to the Democratic Party's attorney. DOJ's earlier bid to block certification failed in court, so the contest has shifted to the criminal process around the two-Dan-Sullivan ballot line.
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