Federal probe expands into Alaska Senate ballot allegations

Federal authorities have expanded a months-long criminal investigation into an alleged effort to place a candidate named Dan J. Sullivan on Alaska’s Senate ballot alongside Republican Sen. Dan S. Sullivan, U.S. Attorney Michael Heyman said Friday, October 30. Heyman said the inquiry received a significant surge of law-enforcement resources this week after new information emerged. He stressed that investigators were not assuming a crime had occurred. Heyman declined to identify potential charges or investigative targets. He said the investigation had been underway for several months and encouraged people with relevant information to contact authorities. The Justice Department also assigned prosecutors to assist, according to the department’s account of the inquiry. Federal officials have not publicly detailed the investigative steps. The investigation concerns allegations that operatives connected to Democratic Senate candidate Mary Peltola and the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee recruited Dan J. Sullivan to run in a way that could confuse voters or divide support for the incumbent. Those allegations have not been established by the criminal investigation. Peltola has...