乔舒亚·古德曼、吉姆·马斯蒂安 安克雷奇，阿拉斯加州 —— 联邦调查局（FBI）周五开始联系丹·J·沙利文的捐款人，询问有关潜在欺骗的情况，联邦当局加大了对这位阿拉斯加州联邦参议员候选人的调查力度，该候选人与共和党现任参议员同名。
JOSHUA GOODMAN, JIM MUSTIAN ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The FBI on Friday began reaching out to donors of Dan J. Sullivan asking about potential deception, as federal authorities ramped up their investigation over the U.S. Senate candidate in Alaska who shares a name with the Republican incumbent.
一名驻安克雷奇的FBI特工造访了彼得斯堡的一家船只经销商，彼得斯堡是一个只能通过空中或水路到达的小渔村，该候选人就住在那里。这名特工给查尔斯·弗林特留了一张名片，弗林特告诉美联社，他认识丹·J·沙利文多年，认为他是一位受人尊敬的教师和音乐家。
chorage-based FBI agent visited a boat dealership in Petersburg, a small fishing community accessible only by air or water where the candidate lives. The agent left a business card for Charles Flint, who told The Associated Press he has known Dan J. Sullivan for years as a respected teacher and musician.
FBI的造访发生在联邦官员确认对该候选人存在刑事调查之后。美国司法部周五还推动法院发布命令，隔离某些阿拉斯加州选票，以调查潜在的选民混淆情况。
The FBI visit came after federal officials confirmed the existence of a criminal probe over the candidate. The U.S. Department of Justice also pushed Friday for a court order to isolate certain Alaska ballots to investigate potential voter confusion .
弗林特今年夏天捐款500美元，支持他所认为的一个胜算渺茫的竞选活动，他说他知道丹·J·沙利文会有竞选开销，并尊重他“投身竞选”。弗林特说，FBI特工问他儿子——他在经销商工作——弗林特是否觉得自己在支持哪位候选人这个问题上被“误导”了。
Flint contributed $500 over the summer to what he considered a long-shot campaign, saying he knew Dan J. Sullivan would have expenses and respected him for “throwing his hat in the ring.”Flint said the FBI agent asked his son, who works at the dealership, whether Flint felt he had been “misled” about which candidate he was supporting.
“我完全不觉得自己被误导了，”正在外地的弗林特在接受美联社电话采访时表示，并补充说他无意联系该特工，而是会“让他浪费时间试图追踪我的下落”。
“I don’t feel like I’ve been misled at all,” Flint, who has been out of town, told the AP in a telephone interview, adding he had no intention of calling the agent but would “let him waste his time trying to track me down.”
“我不认为存在任何困惑，”他说，并补充说他打算在选票上将民主党人玛丽·佩尔托拉排在第一位，随后是丹·J·沙利文。“每个人都知道谁是现任者。”
“I don’t think there’s any confusion,” he said, adding he intends to rank Democrat Mary Peltola first on his ballot, followed by Dan J. Sullivan. “Everybody knows who the incumbent is.”
阿拉斯加联邦检察官迈克尔·海曼在安克雷奇告诉记者，联邦调查已持续数月，但《纽约时报》最近披露佩尔托拉的竞选团队似乎涉及招募退休教师丹·J·沙利文参选，这导致“执法资源大幅增派至阿拉斯加”。这些事态发展发生在周二举行的排序复选大选前几天，在这场可能至关重要的竞选中，前众议员佩尔托拉正在挑战共和党参议员丹·沙利文。
Alaska U.S. Attorney Michael Heyman told reporters in Anchorage the federal investigation has been ongoing for several months, but recent revelations from The New York Times that Peltola’s campaign appeared to be involved in recruiting retired teacher Dan J. Sullivan have resulted in a “significant surge of law enforcement assets to Alaska.”The developments come just days before Tuesday’s ranked choice general election in a potentially pivotal race in which Peltola, a former congresswoman, is challenging Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan.
周五在安克雷奇的一次竞选集会上，佩尔托拉再次否认参与任何安排候选人上选票以分散现任参议员选票的计划。
At a campaign rally in Anchorage on Friday, Peltola again denied any involvement in any plan to place candidates on the ballot to detract from the incumbent senator.
她说，她对这些指控“深感冒犯”，称其为“垃圾”，是选举前夕“抹黑运动”的一部分，旨在压低投票率。
She said she was “deeply offended” by the allegations, which she called “garbage” and part of a “smear campaign” to suppress turnout on the eve of the election.
“我知道我能击败丹·沙利文。我不需要任何帮助就能赢得这场选举，”她在位于安克雷奇的一个航空博物馆里对一小群竞选志愿者说道。___ 穆斯蒂安在纽约报道。美联社记者贝基·博勒在阿拉斯加朱诺参与了报道。
“I know I can beat Dan Sullivan. I do not need any help winning this race,” she told a small group of campaign volunteers at an Anchorage aviation museum. ___ Mustian reported from New York. Associated Press reporter Becky Bohrer contributed reporting from Juneau, Alaska.