Alaska Democrat Peltola scouted man with same name as opponent Dan Sullivan to run, NYT report says

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[0:00] We are now five days away from election

[0:02] day and Alaska's governor is launching

[0:05] an investigation into an alleged scheme

[0:07] to confuse voters. The New York Times

[0:10] reports Democrat Mary Pelah's campaign

[0:13] for US Senate was behind an effort to

[0:15] recruit a man named Dan Sullivan as a

[0:18] spoiler against her opponent, incumbent

[0:20] Republican Senator Dan Sullivan. The

[0:23] paper also says Palto knew about it.

[0:25] Overnight, Governor Mike Dunle, a

[0:27] Republican, posted on X. He said the

[0:30] Alaska Division of Elections

[0:31] investigated this in June. Dun Levy also

[0:34] wrote, quote, "The new reporting

[0:36] substantially supports the division's

[0:38] findings." He goes on to say he's

[0:40] looking into whether criminal charges or

[0:42] civil action are warranted. President

[0:44] Trump r

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