联邦当局正在调查民主党人玛丽·佩尔托拉竞选团队据报试图在阿拉斯加参议院选举中招募一名与现任参议员丹·沙利文（共和党）同名的候选人，是否违反了法律。阿拉斯加联邦地区检察官周五宣布了这一消息。
Federal authorities are investigating whether Democrat Mary Peltola’s campaign’s reported effort to recruit a candidate in the Alaska Senate race with the same name as incumbent Sen. Dan Sullivan (R) violated the law, the state’s top federal prosecutor announced Friday.
阿拉斯加联邦地区检察官迈克尔·海曼在新闻发布会上表示，调查已进行数月，但《纽约时报》本周报道“令人不安的新情况”后，联邦当局正在“紧锣密鼓、迅速”地调查此事。
U.S. Attorney for the District of Alaska Michael Heyman said during a press conference that the investigation has been in the works for several months but that federal authorities are looking into the matter “intensely and swiftly” after “troubling new revelations” were reported by The New York Times this week.
该媒体周三报道称，民主党操盘手和佩尔托拉的竞选团队参与了招募第二个丹·沙利文参加该州参议院竞选的行动。
The outlet reported Wednesday that Democratic operatives and Peltola’s campaign were involved in an effort to recruit a second Dan Sullivan to run in the state’s Senate race.
海曼说：“这一新信息导致执法力量大幅涌入阿拉斯加，我也指派了办公室的几名律师协助处理此事。”
“This new information has resulted in a significant surge of law enforcement assets to Alaska, and I have assigned several attorneys in my office to assist in the matter as well,” Heyman said.
虽然这位联邦检察官不愿透露其办公室正在调查哪些潜在罪行或调查对象是谁，但他强调了维护选举安全的承诺。
While the U.S. attorney would not disclose which potential crimes his office was looking into or whom it was targeting in the investigation, he emphasized a commitment to election security.
海曼说：“我想告诉阿拉斯加选民的是，我们绝不会允许任何人或任何团体破坏这场选举。”
“What I can tell Alaskans is that we will not let anyone or any group undermine this election,” Heyman said.
佩尔托拉、民主党参议院竞选委员会以及现任参议员的共和党挑战者丹·J·沙利文，均否认参与了据报招募“搅局候选人”的行动。
Peltola, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee and the incumbent senator’s GOP challenger, Dan J. Sullivan, have all denied any involvement in the reported effort to recruit spoiler candidates for the race.
佩尔托拉周四晚在阿拉斯加朱诺发表演讲时说：“我只想澄清事实：除了我和现任参议员，我不知道选票上还有任何其他候选人。这是我所知道的一切。我对欺骗选民不感兴趣。” 本周，特朗普总统呼吁将佩尔托拉和那名“搅局候选人”从选票上除名并予以起诉。此外，阿拉斯加州长邓利维（共和党）周三晚下令就《纽约时报》的报道对佩尔托拉展开调查。
“I just want to clear the air: I knew nothing about any other candidate on the ballot except for me and the incumbent,” Peltola said during a Thursday evening speech in Juneau, Alaska. “That is all I have ever known about. I am not interested in tricking voters.”This week, President Trump called for both Peltola and the spoiler candidate to be removed from the ballot and prosecuted. Additionally, Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy (R) on Wednesday evening ordered an investigation into Peltola over The Times’s reporting.
“阿拉斯加人拥有为其真正打算支持的候选人投票的基本权利，”这位共和党州长在社交媒体上写道。“故意欺骗选民将选票投给他人，动摇了我们选举的公正性。”周五，海曼敦促任何知晓“丹·沙利文问题”或其他潜在选举诚信违规情况的人联系联邦当局。
“Alaskans have a fundamental right to vote for the candidate they actually intend to support,” the Republican governor wrote on social media. “Deliberately tricking voters into casting their ballots for someone else strikes at the integrity of our elections.”On Friday, Heyman urged anyone with knowledge about the “Dan Sullivan issue” or other potential election integrity violations to contact federal authorities.
“在过去24小时左右，我们收到了一些新的信息，正在跟进，”他说。“任何掌握更多信息的人应尽快联系联邦调查局。”
“Within the last 24 hours or so, we have received a number of new pieces of information that we’re following up on,” he said. “Anybody with additional information should contact the FBI as soon as possible.”