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The Trump administration filed a separate civil lawsuit last week

October 30, 2026

ABC News reports that the Trump administration filed a separate civil lawsuit last week seeking an injunction against the state certifying the results of its election in the event Sen. Sullivan narrowly loses, which a federal judge is expected to rule on in the coming days.

CNBC reports that the DOJ cited precedent in the 9th Circuit US Court of Appeals for that argument. According to ABC News, the Justice Department has begun issuing a new wave of subpoenas stemming from an ongoing criminal probe of Alaska's US Senate race and alleged efforts by Democrats to recruit a candidate with the same name as Republican incumbent Sen. Dan Sullivan, multiple sources familiar with the matter told ABC News. Trump calls on the DOJ to ramp up its investigations into Alaska’s Senate race, NBC News reports.

ABC News reports that the Trump administration filed a separate civil lawsuit last week seeking an injunction against the state certifying the results of its election in the event Sen. Sullivan narrowly loses, which a federal judge is expected to rule on in the coming days. Trump also ordered the department to file a civil lawsuit to try to block the state from certifying election results, NBC News reports. The new DOJ filings came as NBC News reported that the department "has issued at least three dozen new subpoenas and document preservation requests" to Peltola's campaign offices and those of the former schoolteacher Sullivan, CNBC reports. The Justice Department has issued at least three dozen new subpoenas and document preservation requests as part of its investigation into the Alaska Senate race, with President Donald Trump pushing his administration to intensify its investigations, NBC News reports. Following The New York Times report, Republican Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy ordered an investigation into the effort to recruit candidates for the state's Senate race, ABC News reports.

CNBC reports that the DOJ cited precedent in the 9th Circuit US Court of Appeals for that argument. According to ABC News, the Justice Department has begun issuing a new wave of subpoenas stemming from an ongoing criminal probe of Alaska's US Senate race and alleged efforts by Democrats to recruit a candidate with the same name as Republican incumbent Sen. Dan Sullivan, multiple sources familiar with the matter told ABC News. Trump calls on the DOJ to ramp up its investigations into Alaska’s Senate race, NBC News reports. The subpoenas are targeting Democratic officials believed to be tied to the effort to recruit Daniel J. Sullivan to appear on Alaska's ballot, marking a new escalation in the Trump administration's efforts to intervene in the race just days before the midterm elections, ABC News reports. Gleason had given the DOJ until 5 p.m. Alaska Time October 29 to respond to the motions to dismiss, which have asked her to toss out the DOJ's original complaint before Election Day, November 3, CNBC reports. According to CBS News, in court filings that were made public earlier this week, Comey's lawyers said the alleged disclosure of classified information — which took place on October 5, 2016 — was investigated by two separate US attorneys' offices, both of which declined to bring charges. In June, both committees denied any involvement in the candidacy of the lesser-known Sullivan, according to CNN, Politico reports. In 2024, Washington’s Democratic state Attorney General Bob Ferguson was joined in the gubernatorial primary race by two other Democratic hopefuls with the same name, CNN reports. CNN reports that before there were two Dan Sullivans, there were three Bob Fergusons. And the cruise company that stranded its passengers in Cambodia has a troubled history, NBC News reports. In Washington two years ago, a Republican activist had paid the other two Bob Fergusons to run in the hopes that their names on the ballot would confuse voters — an effort to weaken the attorney general’s candidacy, CNN reports. According to ABC News, Dunleavy said, "Alaskans have a fundamental right to vote for the candidate they actually intend to support".

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CNBC reports that the DOJ cited precedent in the 9th Circuit US Court of Appeals for that argument. Before there were two Dan Sullivans, there were three Bob Fergusons, CNN reports. And the cruise company that stranded its passengers in Cambodia has a troubled history, NBC News reports.

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