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