Justice Dept. Sends Target Letters to Democrats in Escalation of Alaska Inquiry
The move is a highly unusual action to take at the decisive moment in a close race between the incumbent, Dan Sullivan, and his Democratic rival, Mary Peltola.
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The move is a highly unusual action to take at the decisive moment in a close race between the incumbent, Dan Sullivan, and his Democratic rival, Mary Peltola.
With moves in Alaska and California, the department has stepped up interventions in the midterm elections as the president’s instrument of unmediated executive power.
No obvious legal authority supports a pre-emptive effort to block the certification of Alaska’s Senate election if the Republican incumbent narrowly loses.
Major TV networks were notified on Friday that the department was examining whether they violated antitrust laws when they suspended pool coverage of President Trump.
The Trump administration released a report showing career officials had objected to the 2021 memo as evidence that the policy was biased against conservatives. But in an ironic twist, the administration has forced out many of the objectors.
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