The Justice Department is ramping up its criminal investigation into the Democrat plot to plant a same-name candidate on Alaska’s U.S. Senate ballot in a bid to confuse voters and siphon support from Republican incumbent Sen. Dan S. Sullivan, issuing a wave of new grand jury subpoenas and records-preservation demands, according to multiple reports.

According to Reuters, federal investigators have issued more than 40 subpoenas and preservation requests, with additional demands expected.

The subpoenas reportedly reached both Peltola’s campaign and the campaign of Daniel J. Sullivan, the Republican candidate accused of serving as a potential spoiler.

According to sources cited by multiple outlets, federal prosecutors have issued dozens of new grand jury subpoenas and document-preservation requests, reports put the number at more than 40 or at least three dozen, targeting Democratic officials, Peltola’s campaign offices, and those connected to the second Sullivan.

Additional subpoenas were expected. No one has been charged, but DOJ officials have pointed to potential civil rights statutes (18 U.S.C. §§ 241 and 242) related to conspiracy or deprivation of voting rights.

The department also amended its existing civil lawsuit seeking to block certification of results if voter confusion from the dual Sullivans affects the outcome, incorporating details from the Times report and arguing the effort was a coordinated attempt to undermine the election.

Attorney General Todd Blanche, speaking on Fox News, did not mince words: “They are cheating! Let’s call it what it is, they are cheating. They are trying to take votes away from the incumbent… by putting up a person with the same [name] so they’d confuse Alaskans.”

He described the situation as fraud and said more from the Justice Department was coming. President Trump has publicly called for Peltola and the decoy candidate to face consequences, labeling the scheme voter fraud at the highest level and saying he directed the DOJ lawsuit.

Alaska Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy ordered a parallel state investigation through the Department of Public Safety, writing that the Times reporting “reveals disturbing new evidence of an organized effort to manipulate Alaska’s elections by recruiting candidates, including one with the same name as an incumbent U.S. Senator, to deliberately confuse voters and misdirect their votes.”

He added: “Alaskans have a fundamental right to vote for the candidate they actually intend to support. Deliberately tricking voters into casting their ballots for someone else strikes at the integrity of our elections. Anyone or any organization found to have broken the law must be held accountable.”

The state probe builds on earlier Division of Elections findings. Peltola’s campaign and the DSCC have denied involvement in recruiting spoilers.

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New York Attorney General Letitia James, Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz, and Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez went silent when a New York Post reporter asked them at a Thursday gun-seizure press conference whether they had ordered prosecutors to downgrade charges against illegal aliens so they could avoid deportation, as detailed in a recent House Judiciary Committee report.

The reporter specifically asked, “Did any of you order prosecutors to downgrade gun charges to keep illegal immigrants in the US, per the Judiciary Committee report?”

“This is a gun-safety question,” the Post reporter pressed. “Any response from any of you?”

James smiled and said nothing, Katz shrugged with her hands up, and staff quickly moved the event along after Katz muttered, “Our answer couldn’t help it.”

WATCH:

Thanks to Democrats, foreign criminals get special privileges in New York.

At a gun-seizure press conference, NY AG Letitia James, Queens DA Melinda Katz, and Brooklyn DA Eric Gonzalez went stone silent when a reporter asked about a House Judiciary report saying their offices told prosecutors to downgrade charges against illegal immigrants so they wouldn’t get deported.

They’ll hold a presser about guns but won’t answer when the same topic hits immigration consequences.

— I Meme Therefore I Am (@ImMeme0) October 29, 2026

After the presser, the attorneys again refused to address the House investigation, with James smiling without a word and Katz deferring to a spokesperson, according to a report from the New York Post.

The awkward, and seemingly guilty, silence came days after the House Judiciary Committee and its Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement released an interim staff report titled “New York City: The Dangerous Consequences of Sanctuary Policies.”

The report states that District Attorneys Melinda Katz, Darcel Clark, Alvin Bragg, Eric Gonzalez, and Michael McMahon ensure prosecutors give preferential treatment to foreign nationals based solely on their immigration status so that criminal aliens can avoid deportation and remain in the United States indefinitely.

It cites internal communications in which Katz directed prosecutors to “exercise extreme caution” and “not get caught up in the label of [f]elonies, [m]isdemeanors” when dealing with illegal immigrants, and notes that her office employs an “Immigration Specialist” to help craft “immigration-safe” plea deals.

For Bronx DA Darcel Clark, the report describes training on “Immigration-Conscious Plea Bargaining” that includes offering charges that do not include a child’s age as an element even in sex-crime cases involving minors, concealing facts from conviction records, and pursuing alternative or even “legally impossible” charges.

The report also details similar policies in Brooklyn, Manhattan, and Staten Island.

A spokesperson for Katz’s office later told the New York Post that the office charges any defendant with an illegal firearm the highest possible charge under the law, regardless of immigration status. They did not answer the original question.

The Judiciary Committee noted that the NYPD received nearly 10,000 ICE detainers in the past year and honored none, and that from July 1, 2018, through June 30, 2026, the NYPD received 20,255 detainers and honored none.

“Even after the American people resoundingly rejected Democrats’ pro-illegal alien policies in November 2024, Democrats across the country, including in Socialist-run New York City, reinforced sanctuary policies to ensure that the millions of illegal aliens who entered the U.S. are never removed from the country,” the committee wrote in a press release accompanying the report.

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U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee publicly dismantled claims by Tucker Carlson that the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem ignored an American citizen allegedly attacked by Israeli settlers in Judea and Samaria, labeling the commentator “deranged” and releasing a precise timeline of repeated outreach efforts that Carlson chose to ignore.

On October 29, 2026, Carlson posted on X alongside video footage he described as “unreleased,” writing: “Ambassador Huckabee, this is unreleased video of an American who was beaten almost to death last week by Israeli settlers. You know his name because he came to you for help, but you blew him off. That’s disgraceful. Do your job.”

He tagged Huckabee, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and the White House.

Ambassador Huckabee, this is unreleased video of an American who was beaten almost to death last week by Israeli settlers. You know his name because he came to you for help, but you blew him off. That’s disgraceful. Do your job.

@GovMikeHuckabee
@SecRubio
@davidamilstein
@WhiteHouse

— Tucker Carlson (@TuckerCarlson) October 29, 2026

Huckabee responded within hours on his own X account with a lengthy thread that systematically contradicted the accusation. “Please follow this entire thread. Tucker Carlson is deranged. He accuses me personally of ignoring a US citizen allegedly attacked in Judea/Samaria by Israelis & says I ‘blew him off.’ Tucker knows how to contact me, but he’d rather make unfounded accusations than get facts,” the ambassador wrote.

The Embassy’s American Citizen Services (ACS) unit, according to Huckabee, never spoke directly to the father who was allegedly injured in Turmusaya. All contact went through the man’s son in Chicago, who repeatedly insisted he be the sole point of contact and declined to provide direct numbers for his father or other relatives.

Huckabee’s timeline, posted in full, reads as follows:

Huckabee’s timeline, posted in full, reads as follows:

• October 19: ACS received an email from the son alleging his father had been attacked at his home in Turmusaya by settlers and was at Istishari Hospital in Ramallah. Embassy staff called the son the same day requesting contact information for the father; the son was unwilling to provide it. A follow-up email was sent that day.
• October 20: Another email was sent requesting contact details. The son asked for a call. Embassy staff called twice with no answer and also attempted to reach the hospital in Ramallah multiple times without success.
• October 21: The son emailed that his father was undergoing surgery. Embassy staff spoke with the son, who said he would send contact information for next of kin in the West Bank (which was never received). The son stated the family did not want to pursue the matter with local authorities and sought assurances that relatives traveling from the United States would not be denied entry.
• October 22: Embassy staff spoke again with the son. In a subsequent email, the son wrote: “Thank you for taking the time to speak with me and for your understanding regarding the tragic incident involving my father. Thank you again for your time, support, and assistance during this difficult time.” The Embassy replied requesting direct contact with the father or uncle and local numbers (none were provided). Medical reports and photos of the father’s wounds were later received from the son. The son also emailed again about family members traveling and entry assurances.
• October 23: Embassy staff called the hospital but could not reach the father.
• October 26: Embassy staff called the son in Chicago with no answer and left a message asking whether the brother and mother had arrived and requesting contact numbers. No response or numbers were received.

Huckabee concluded: “Tucker, you can apologize when you find your conscience & acknowledge the facts.”

Please follow this entire thread.

Tucker Carlson is deranged. He accuses me personally of ignoring a US citizen allegedly attacked in Judea/Samaria by Israelis & says I “blew him off.” Tucker knows how to contact me, but he’d rather make unfounded accusations than get facts.

Here is a timeline of Embassy Jerusalem American Citizen Services’ interactions on this case. We have never been able to speak directly to the father, (name redacted) who was allegedly injured in an attack by settlers, only to his son in Chicago, (name redacted). The son has repeatedly asked that he be the only person with whom we speak with.
19 Oct – ACS received an email from (son) alleging his father had been attacked at his home in Turmusaya by settlers and was now at Istishari Hospital in Ramallah. We called the son in Chicago the same day and asked for contact information for his father which he was unwilling to provide. We followed up the same day with an email to (son).
20 Oct – We followed up with another email to (son) asking for contact information. (Son) asked us to call him. We called the son twice that day and there was no answer. We called the hospital in Ramallah several times but were unable to reach anyone.
21 Oct – Received another email from (son) saying his father was undergoing surgery at the hospital. We called the son in Chicago who said he would send contact information for next of kin in the WB which we didn’t receive. He stated he didn’t want to pursue the matter with the local authorities and said family members would travel from the States to the WB and wanted assurances they wouldn’t be denied entry at the airport.
22 Oct – We spoke again with (son) who subsequently wrote in an email…”Thank you for taking the time to speak with me and for your understanding regarding the tragic incident involving my father. Thank you again for your time, support, and assistance during this difficult time.” We responded in an email that we would like to speak directly with his father or his uncle and asked for local contact numbers. We didn’t receive any numbers. We received another email that same day saying his brother and mother were traveling to the WB from the States and he wanted assurances that they would be allowed in. We also received medical reports and photos passed to us from the son showing the wounds of his father.
23 Oct – We called the hospital in Ramallah but were unable to reach the father.
26 Oct – We called the (son) in Chicago, but no answer. We left a message asking if the brother and mother had arrived and contact numbers for them. We haven’t received a response or contact numbers.

Tucker, you can apologize when you find your conscience & acknowledge the facts.

— Ambassador Mike Huckabee (@GovMikeHuckabee) October 29, 2026

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My father is Oscar Murdock, age 94. He is a lifelong conservative and active member of the Murrieta-Temecula Republican Assembly in southern California. He recently shared with me a letter that he sent anonymously to the RNC. His advice could help as the fall campaign approaches its Election Day climax. I hope you agree.

Deroy Murdock, Fox News Contributor

September 29, 2026

Mr. Joe Gruters
Chairman,

Republican National Committee
310 First Street, SE
Washington, DC 20003

Dear Mr. Gruters:

I am no one special, just a concerned conservative.

This year, Democrats flipped 30 seats in special elections, and the GOP none, while President Donald J. Trump does so much for our country. How is this possible?

Forty Marxist/Leninists, so-called Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), have won their primaries. These are really Communists. However, saying “Communists” alone does not describe them well enough. Our schools have taught young Americans little to nothing about the evils of Communism, as in the Soviet Union, China, Cuba, North Korea, the Iron Curtain countries, and Cambodia’s Killing Fields. Whenever we say “Communists,” we must add that they destroy lives, civil liberties, and ownership rights, and mention the other evils they commit and for which they stand.

These Marxist/Leninists have won their primaries. Democrats, as well as Independents, should join the GOP and vote against them, with no need to switch parties. If they defeat our GOP candidates, they will join Bernie Sanders, AOC, Rashida Tlaib, Ilhan Omar, and the rest of The Squad. They will threaten our country with Communist-inspired programs that would destroy the country we know and love.

How was it possible that Congressional Democrats showed no empathy for the survivors of crimes the illegal aliens committed against Americans? During President Trump’s March 2025 address to Congress, Democrats refused to stand up for Devarjaye “DJ” Daniel, 13, the black brain-cancer survivor who has become an honorary member of at least 203 police, sheriff, and law-enforcement organizations, including the Secret Service. The Democrats’ unanimous cold-heartedness surely offended tens of millions of voters.

Don’t regular Democrats see how their party has deteriorated through inexplicable Trump hatred? This is not even Bill Clinton’s Democrat Party.

The Democrats, during multiple government shutdowns that they triggered, shifted blame to the GOP and then flipped heavily pro-Trump seats. How?

The GOP needs to develop unorthodox strategies to flip Democrats and Independents, if we hope to increase our seats in the House and Senate on November 3. Millions of “low propensity” GOP voters only show up for presidential elections. We must change, and I hope President Trump’s successes will inspire them to show up and vote “R.”

Newly Trump-endorsed candidates neither should boast nor deny his endorsement, for there are many Never Trumpers. Somehow, MAGA has become a bad thing to some people. And Republican candidates should avoid talking about the GOP having more money than the Democrats. There are many rich Dems who will make up the difference, while GOP donors will stop feeling the need to contribute. But they should denounce the DSA candidates for being Communists and anti-Semites, again pointing out the evil that Communism  perpetrates.

Fewer people than we would like follow the news. So, many of them are less informed than they should be. For example, Johnny Belisario, Jesse Watters’ associate producer at Fox News Channel, frequently conducts man-on-the-street interviews. Many of these people seem college educated. And yet some will say, on camera, that Italy borders the USA. Another could not name our first president. A third could not divide a hundred by five.

Democrats weaponize words against us. We should do them better. Instead of saying, “If they win, they will impeach Trump,” we must say, “If the Democrats win, they will invent charges to impeach Trump.” When we mention “the Big, Beautiful Bill,” we must educate our opponents by calling it “the Big, Beautiful Bill, which ends taxes on tips, overtime, and some Social Security  benefits.”

We should deploy volunteers to strike up conversations for and against the GOP, to understand what regular people are thinking and gauge our ads and stump speeches accordingly.

We should ask flipped Democrats what triggered them to quit their former party. Our candidates should use this in their speeches. We will need to explain why Iran still fights us, and the prices of gasoline and goods are so high. When will this war end?

We should ask our candidates to dress for the office they seek. Appearance matters and is important to some voters.

We should limit showing Abdul El-Sayed or others clowning or acting silly, lest we give them too much free airtime, to our detriment.

We cannot afford to lose any of these coming elections. All hands on deck! Without feeling embarrassed, we should consult Lara Trump, Reince Priebus, Kelly Ann Conway, and even Ronna McDaniel for ideas that might cement our place: holding all three branches of government. These are different times, and our opponents hate America but enjoy the support of indoctrinated young people.

President Trump has provided plenty for our candidates to include in their stump speeches. We should use social media extensively and go on podcasts, TV, and such — even unfriendly outlets. Let the other side see us.

Bernie Sanders, an Independent, suggests that if James Carville, a long-standing Democrat, disagrees with the DSA, he should form his own party. That brazen takeover of the Democrat Party should be part of our criticism of Sanders’ candidates and Democrats in general.

Chuck Schumer, Hakeem Jefferies, Hillary Clinton, and other elected and well-known Democrats welcome Hasan Piker, El Sayed,  Darializa Avila Chevalier, and all the others to their so-called “Big Tent.” This is one more thing to call out against the Democrats and their candidates.

To open “The Big Tent” to the DSA, just to win elections, is like drinking polluted water. It quenches your thirst but makes you sick. The Democrats are unpatriotic for not opposing them but, instead, inviting them into their ranks.

Many DSA followers are first-generation or recently nationalized Americans, from Egypt, Ethiopia, Lebanon, Somalia, Syria, Uganda, and such places. Somehow, Zohran Mamdani became mayor of New York City, and suddenly these DSA folks began running for offices all over the country. Are they part of a sleeper group that received a signal to go on the offensive? If so, what else should we expect from them?

We should suggest that Republicans, Democrats, and Independents watch Shark Tank on CNBC, Entrepreneurs on Cheddar,  and Million-Dollar Genius on The Story Channel, to show that capitalists take financial risks to get their innovations to the marketplace. The Smithsonian Channel’s How Do They Make This? shows how freedom of thought creates great things. Aerial America on The History Channel flies over U.S. cities and highlights this country’s beauty.

We should present the public footage and photos of pre-Castro and current Cuban bodegas, street scenes, and city buildings to document the deterioration that Communism causes. We must discourage voters from taking lightly the Marxists/Communists now running as Democrats.

Explain to voters that Capitalists include the Fords, Huntingtons, Kelloggs, Rockefellers, Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, plus barbers, Uber drivers, doctors, mom-and-pop business owners, and others. Thanks to them, we enjoy good grooming, communications, great products, and conveniences that no government or political party could provide.

Capitalism is the multi-party political/governmental system that ensures freedom of speech, assembly, religion, and much more. It encourages capitalists to create and supply goods and services that make life more convenient and enjoyable. Capitalism is based on the individual making his own choices, not being controlled by other groups or the government.

Democracy is a multi-party system of government that allows some freedom while regulating via legislation most of the production and services and collecting very high taxes to offer some of these items for free. It suppresses initiative. And in some cases, it is the first phase of Communism.

Communism is the oppressive, atheistic, single-party government system that allows no freedom or deviation from the party-line. It, not individuals, seeks to own the production of goods and provision of services, promising, but failing, to make these things free for all. It performs miserably, causes shortages of all sorts, and, eventually, yields misery, persecution, and death, not the happiness it falsely promises.

Note: I have not signed this letter. I surrender ownership of it. I invite you to use any part of it you choose.

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The legal battle over Alaska’s controversial U.S. Senate election intensified Thursday after Democrat Mary Peltola’s campaign and the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) filed a new motion asking a federal judge to throw out the Trump Justice Department’s lawsuit.

In a Motion to Dismiss the Amended Complaint filed October 29 in United States v. State of Alaska, attorneys for Alaskans for Mary and the DSCC, including lawyers from the Elias Law Group, insist that the NYT’s detailed account of a “ballot composition project” to recruit a namesake spoiler carries “no legal significance.”

They label the entire set of allegations a “distraction” from what they call the DOJ’s “meritless claims.” When the DOJ pointed to the campaign’s earlier court statements as misleading, the motion dismissed the charge with one word: “Nonsense.”

The Gateway Pundit has extensively documented the scheme for months. In June, TGP reported how Democrat operatives worked to place a same-name challenger on the ballot as a Republican primary spoiler specifically to confuse voters and siphon support from incumbent Sen. Dan S. Sullivan, the President’s endorsee.

After the Alaska Division of Elections initially barred him as a non-good-faith candidate, state courts ordered his inclusion; he advanced with roughly 2.5% of the primary vote.

The New York Times report, based on interviews with about a dozen people involved or informed of the effort, text messages, and documents, described an internal “ballot composition project” in which Peltola campaign staff were directed in summer 2025 to search voter records for Alaskans named Dan Sullivan. A Midwestern operative reportedly traveled the state under a fake name, pitching candidates over beers, including to retired Petersburg teacher Daniel J. Sullivan.

The goal, according to the reporting: dilute the incumbent’s support on Alaska’s ranked-choice, top-four ballot so Peltola could win. Former Peltola aide Elisa Rios was among the sources; the campaign and DSCC have denied recruiting candidates.

In the court filing, the intervenors concede the amended complaint adds “additional allegations, based on recent press reports, about how Daniel J. Sullivan came to run for office and why,” but claim they “change nothing.”

They argue the NVRA (which the DOJ cites) regulates only voter registration, not ballot design or candidate qualifications; that statements of purpose create no enforceable duties; and that the DOJ lacks constitutional authority to interfere in state elections absent a clear statute.

They further contend there is no plausible evidence of voter confusion given the ballot’s distinctions, different middle initials, “Incumbent” next to Sen. Dan S. Sullivan (Registered Republican), and no party designation for the other Sullivan, and that any post-election investigation into voter motives would be impossible because of secret ballots and unlawful under the Constitution.

The motion urges dismissal with prejudice before Election Day and notes agreement with the League of Women Voters that sanctions should be considered.

The campaign’s tone is dismissive even as the legal and investigative pressure mounts. President Trump has publicly called for Peltola and those involved to be prosecuted, stating they “got caught” and that false statements under oath could constitute perjury.

Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy ordered a state Department of Public Safety investigation after the NYT report, citing an organized effort to confuse voters. The decoy candidate reportedly refused to answer questions under oath and has conducted no campaign events. The DOJ has issued a flurry of subpoenas.

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