Justice Department seeks new subpoenas in Alaska Senate race probe on Dan Sullivan confusion
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[0:00] After weeks of early voting across the
[0:02] country, candidates have four more days
[0:04] to make their cases to constituents
[0:06] ahead of in-person election day. There
[0:08] are just a handful of states with races
[0:10] considered toss-ups that could dictate
[0:12] control of the Senate, and that includes
[0:15] Alaska. The Justice Department is
[0:17] issuing a new wave of subpoenas. They
[0:19] stem from an ongoing criminal
[0:21] investigation into alleged efforts by
[0:23] Democrats to recruit a candidate with
[0:25] the same name as incumbent Senator Dan
[0:27] Sullivan. Now, the department [snorts]
[0:29] also amended its civil lawsuit seeking
[0:31] to block the certification of the
[0:33] results if Sullivan loses due to quote
[0:36] voter confusion. Democrat Mary Pelis's
[0:39] campaign denies any connection to that
[0:41] effort to put Daniel J. Sullivan on the
[0:44] ballot and