特朗普政府引用《纽约时报》的报道，指控民主党招募了一名搅局候选人。
The Trump administration cited New York Times reporting to allege Democrats recruited a spoiler candidate.
司法部指控阿拉斯加民主党参议院候选人玛丽·佩尔托拉和民主党参议员竞选委员会误导联邦法院，隐瞒了他们关于招募一名名字与现任共和党参议员丹·沙利文相似的候选人的知情情况。
The Justice Department is accusing Alaska Democratic Senate candidate Mary Peltola and the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee of misleading a federal court about their knowledge of efforts to recruit a candidate with a name similar to incumbent Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan.
特朗普政府周四修订了针对此事的联邦诉讼，纳入了《纽约时报》报道中的指控，称佩尔托拉的竞选团队和民主党参议员竞选委员会招募了一名退休教师丹尼尔·J·沙利文参加参议院竞选，企图分流现任参议员的选票。
The Trump administration revised its federal lawsuit over the issue Thursday to incorporate allegations in a New York Times report that Peltola’s campaign and the DSCC recruited a retired teacher, Daniel J. Sullivan, to enter the Senate race in a bid to draw votes away from the incumbent.
向安克雷奇联邦地区法院提交的修正起诉书主张，佩尔托拉的竞选委员会“阿拉斯加人支持玛丽”以及民主党参议员竞选委员会在10月23日的法庭文件中撒谎，当时他们声称没有足够信息知晓这位政治新人是否在进行“善意参选”，还是寻求上选票“以混淆或误导”选民。“显然因他们据报成功欺骗阿拉斯加选民的阴谋而胆大妄为，‘阿拉斯加人支持玛丽’和民主党参议员竞选委员会似乎转而误导本法院，”副司法部长斯坦利·伍德沃德写道。
The amended complaint, filed in U.S. District Court in Anchorage, contends that Peltola’s campaign committee, Alaskans for Mary, and the DSCC dissembled in an Oct. 23 court filing where they contended they didn’t possess enough information to know whether the political novice was engaged in a “good-faith candidacy” or sought to get on the ballot “to confuse or mislead.”“Apparently emboldened by the success of their reported plot to deceive Alaskan voters, Alaskans For Mary and the DSCC appear to have turned to misleading this Court,” Associate Attorney General Stanley Woodward wrote.