Trump prosecutions under Biden set precedent for DOJ’s Alaska ‘Decoy Dan’ probe, ex-FEC chair says

Federal prosecutors in Alaska are examining whether Democratic operatives arranged for a nonpartisan candidate to appear on the ballot in order to draw support away from Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan. Critics who lean left on election law have called the effort an abuse of federal power, but a former Federal Election Commission member says there is already a template for it. Hans von Spakovsky, a senior legal fellow at Advancing American Freedom, told Fox News Digital that the indictment Jack Smith brought against Donald Trump in Washington, D. C. established the theory that a conspiracy to defraud voters can be charged.

U. S. Attorney Michael Heyman disclosed the investigation at a Friday press conference alongside FBI officials and Alaska State Troopers. It centers on Daniel J. Sullivan, a retired school teacher nicknamed "Decoy Dan," and whether he worked with people tied to Democratic Senate hopeful Mary Peltola. Heyman said his office is treating the matter with great seriousness.

The Justice Department had already filed suit against Alaska election officials, asking that certification be blocked if the incumbent loses by a margin smaller than the vote total for the similarly named candidate.

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