Trump DOJ sends target letters to Democrats in Alaska Senate criminal probe: Reports
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The Trump administration's months-long campaign to challenge how states conduct elections and pushback against those efforts came to a head on Election Day on Tuesday.
Those efforts have included lawsuits, an attempt to implement a new U.S. Postal Service rule for mail-in ballots this year, threatening letters to state election officials and a plan to increase the number of poll monitors.
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The Department of Justice has sent out more than 20 letters, some to Democrats and other people identifying them as potential targets of a criminal investigation related to the Alaska Senate race, and to other recipients telling them to preserve records for that probe, a source familiar with the matter told CNBC.
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