The Justice Department is sending more than 20 target and document preservation letters in its investigation into an alleged effort to recruit a second Dan Sullivan to siphon votes from Alaska’s Republican senator, the Washington Examiner has learned.
The letters went out to 20 recipients, including potential targets and third parties asked to preserve records, according to sources familiar with the matter. The department’s planning tracks with an earlier New York Times report that Democratic elections lawyer Marc Elias and at least one Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee official were among the recipients of the letters, though it is unclear if Elias is a specific target. Investigators are examining possible donor fraud and conspiracy charges, according to the newspaper.
