Accusations fly over 2 candidates named Dan Sullivan on Alaska ballot
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[0:00] The governor of Alaska is ordering a
[0:02] criminal investigation into Mary Pelah's
[0:04] Senate campaign. He's taking issue with
[0:07] a New York Times report, which alleges
[0:09] her campaign recruited a candidate with
[0:11] the same name as her rival to run for
[0:13] office and effectively confuse voters.
[0:15] Last night, incumbent Senator Dan
[0:17] Sullivan pressed Pelah to come clean.
[0:20] She denies those claims. CBS News senior
[0:23] White House and political correspondent
[0:24] Ed Keefe has more on this.
[0:27] This is voter fraud at the highest
[0:29] level.
[0:30] >> President Trump pounced as the
[0:32] Democratic candidate in Alaska's US
[0:34] Senate race, Mary Pelah, pushed back on
[0:36] a New York Times report.
[0:38] >> This is just another distraction. It's
[0:41] another diversion.
[0:42] >> The paper reporting Pelah's campaign
[0:44] helped recruit a man named Dan Sullivan
[0:46] to enter the race for Senate as an
[0:47] independent. An attempt to confuse
[0:50] voters and pull away votes from
[0:52] Republican incumbent Senator Dan
[0:54] Sullivan. This is all stuff to sell
[0:56] newspapers. This is all stuff to get
[0:59] subscriptions.
[1:00] >> The Pelah campaign denied any
[1:02] involvement in either Sullivan campaign.
[1:05] But the Times reports a Pelola staffer
[1:07] was a