Federal Prosecutors' Reach Extends to Alaska Senate Race, Critics Warn of Overreach
Former FEC chair claims the Trump indictment sets a precedent for a DOJ probe into the 'Decoy Dan' scheme, while the FBI widens its inquiry in a remote Alaskan community.
Former FEC chair Hans von Spakovsky warns that Jack Smith's indictment of Donald Trump could set a dangerous precedent for the Department of Justice, a view echoed by Fox News.
Meanwhile, the DOJ has opened a criminal probe into an Alaska Senate race scheme involving 'Decoy Dan', with the FBI inquiry expanding to a visit by an Anchorage‑based agent at a boat dealership in Petersburg – a remote fishing community where candidate Dan J. Sullivan lives – a development reported by PBS News.
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Trump prosecutions under Biden set precedent for DOJ’s Alaska ‘Decoy Dan’ probe, ex-FEC chair says
Hans von Spakovsky says Jack Smith's Trump indictment set the precedent for the DOJ's criminal probe into Alaska's "Decoy Dan" Senate race scheme.
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FBI visits Dan J. Sullivan donor in candidate's hometown as Alaska Senate inquiry widens
An Anchorage-based FBI agent visited a boat dealership in Petersburg, a small fishing community accessible only by air or water where the candidate lives.
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Trump ask to set aside ‘Decoy Dan’ Alaska Senate ballots ‘not even possible’: attorneys
In its Saturday filing, Alaska said this was “both disturbing and impossible.” It added there would be no way to do that without violating voter privacy.
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Attorneys for Alaska say 'meritless' Trump demand to set aside Senate ballots 'not even possible'
The Department of Justice on Friday added a request that the judge separate all ballots showing votes for the second Dan Sullivan until it can be determined whether voters were fooled into wasting their votes for a spoiler candidate.
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Facts this version was allowed to use
- Hans von Spakovsky is a former FEC chair.
- Jack Smith filed an indictment against Donald Trump.
- Hans von Spakovsky says Jack Smith's Trump indictment set the precedent for the DOJ's criminal probe into Alaska's "Decoy Dan" Senate race scheme.
- The DOJ is conducting a criminal probe into an Alaska Senate race scheme involving "Decoy Dan".
- Dan J. Sullivan is a candidate in the Alaska Senate race.
- The FBI inquiry into the Alaska Senate race is widening.
- An Anchorage-based FBI agent visited a boat dealership in Petersburg.
- Petersburg is a small fishing community accessible only by air or water.
- Petersburg is where the candidate lives.
- Fox News reported the von Spakovsky statements.
- PBS News reported the FBI visit.
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