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State and federal prosecutors in Alaska are investigating whether the campaign for a U.S. Senate candidate who has the same name as the Republican incumbent could be part of a conspiracy to confuse voters

Dan J. Sullivan, a former teacher, announced his campaign in May and recently registered as a Republican. He has said he’s mounting a legitimate effort to unseat the other Sullivan, Dan S. Sullivan, who has been in office since 2015.

But Sen. Dan S. Sullivan and Republicans have alleged that the newcomer launched the campaign in an attempt to confuse voters and that he’s working with the Democratic challenger Mary Peltola.

FBI, the Alaska attorney general and the U.S. attorney’s office in Alaska are all investigating whether two or more people conspired to create the Sullivan challenger’s campaign with the intention to confuse voters, hurt the incumbent and boost votes for Peltola.

Collected a lot of personal information

Exclusive: Trump-tied Freedom 250 sent ticket seekers to GOP fundraising site
A Trump-linked political group asked those seeking tickets to consent to getting donation requests, then dropped it after USA TODAY asked questions


 Americans seeking free tickets to the kickoff celebration for the nation’s 250th birthday on the National Mall were asked to consent to receiving requests for donations to an organization affiliated with President Donald Trump, according to online registration portals reviewed by USA TODAY.

The June 24 event was billed as "America is Back," the official opening of the Great American State Fair on the National Mall, an event sponsored by Freedom 250, the Trump-aligned organization running a series of public-private events revolving around America's 250th birthday.

"This is the opening moment you will not want to miss," the website said. "Admission is free; RSVP is encouraged."


The RSVP page for the event directed attendees to sign up through a Trump-branded registration site, 45.donaldjtrump.com. And it required them to provide their email addresses and asked for their cellphone numbers, according to screenshots of the registration forms taken by USA TODAY.

“It is deeply concerning that attendees are being forced to share personal data that then is almost certainly being monetized for partisan ends,” said Lisa Gilbert, co-president of the watchdog group Public Citizen.

Cellphone numbers and email addresses are among the most valuable assets in modern political campaigns because they allow organizations to contact supporters directly with fundraising appeals, volunteer requests and voter mobilization messages at little cost.

USA TODAY screenshot of registration portal for June 24 "America is Back," the official opening of the Great American State Fair on the National Mall, an event sponsored by the White House-affiliated Freedom 250 organization and featuring a speech by President Donald Trump, showing link to 45.donaldjtrump.com website.
That's why campaign finance and ethics experts say questions about who collects, controls and uses those lists matter, particularly when Freedom 250 events take place on federal property using taxpayer-supported resources.

“Information capture must be voluntary and well-understood,” Gilbert told USA TODAY, “and as unsavory as it is that Trump is turning our nation’s birthday into a GOP-only celebration, it adds a layer to forcibly capture data and wrap it into the MAGA fundraising machine.”

Organizers of the Freedom 250 events say the RSVP data is only being used to provide attendees with a better customer experience.

After USA TODAY asked for comment about whether registrants for the kickoff event were unknowingly supporting fundraising efforts linked to the president, a spokesperson for Freedom 250 said organizers removed the language and that it had been included by mistake.

“We were made aware that some standard vendor-provided consent language related to opting in for SMS (text) messages referenced fundraising in parts of the registration flow,” said Freedom 250 spokesperson Rachel Reisner. “That language does not reflect how the SMS messaging system is actually used, which is limited to event logistics and communications, and we quickly corrected it.”

Intriguing huh? Would you care to explore further? Like I said many times here: "I see all" and that is the way it is...

Just don't tell anybody what kind of porn I like.

98° and the A/C in my lil taco has about given up.

Don't about those terrorists, murderers and child pornographers in a understaffed department. Divert resources to nonsense debunked

FBI assigns 260 staff members to Georgia 2020 election probe

"...Tillis: SAVE America Act is ‘dead’ as time has run out to implement new voting rules..."

Jeez, trump really sucks


"...DOJ Accidentally Gives Jack Smith Report to Person They’re Suing
Department of Justice officials admitted to releasing the sealed report..."