Top DOJ attorney in Alaska calls Alaska Senate allegations "troubling"

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According to reporting by CBS News US Politics, Republicans have argued Daniel J. Sullivan is a plant by Democrats to confuse voters and boost the Democratic candidate, Mary Peltola, in one of the most competitive Senate races in the country.

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Anchorage, Alaska — The Justice Department's top prosecutor in Alaska called new reporting about the origins of an independent candidate's Senate campaign "troubling," and said the new information "has resulted in a significant surge of law enforcement assets" to the state.

But Michael Heyman, the U.S. attorney for the District of Alaska, declined to detail what specific crimes are being investigated as Daniel J. Sullivan, a candidate with the same first and last name as the Republican incumbent senator, Dan Sullivan, is set to appear on the ballot Tuesday. Heyman said he's "not making any assumptions on whether a crime has been committed or not."

"That's what we do, is we investigate whether a crime has been committed under several theories, so I'm not going to comment on what those theories are, and I'm also not going to put the cart before the horse," he said.

Heyman also said during the press conference: "We are aware of the recent New York Times reporting regarding the Peltola campaign and the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, that they orchestrated a sprawling conspiracy to recruit and prop up Daniel J. Sullivan as a sham candidate, and we are taking that extremely seriously."

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Information in this article was compiled directly from records provided by CBS News US Politics. Access the primary source document at: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/alaska-us-attorney-senate-race-two-dan-sullivans/. Reporting and editorial review conducted by the USA NOW News Desk.