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The Justice Department sent criminal target letters to Democrats tied to an Alaska Senate ballot recruitment effort.
The Justice Department sent target letters to more than a dozen people aligned with the Democratic Party, including leadership of the Elias Law Group, in a probe of an effort to recruit a candidate named Daniel J. Sullivan to run against Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan in Alaska. The letters were sent on Election Day, and investigators have issued more than 100 grand jury subpoenas. Marc Elias called the investigation a sham and said his firm would not be intimidated.
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Divergence score
This event sits in the top 24% of divergence this week. 3 outlets covered it, splitting into 3 framing camps across 2 bias groups.
3 camps
2 bias groups
The spectrum · how 3 outlets placed this story
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Washington Examiner
CNN
Newsmax
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Widest split · the two outlets furthest apart, and who published first
Furthest apart on this story
Washington Examiner
DOJ sends target letters to Marc Elias and other Democrats over decoy Dan Sullivan candidacy
By each outlet's earliest publish time in this story. Feeds that index slowly can appear later than they printed.
The split, in one line
The right frames the letters as evidence of a fraud on the ballot; the left frames them as a sham investigation timed to Election Day. The wires report the letters and the subpoena count.
How each outlet covered it
Lightly covered so far
Too few outlets to map a left-right split. Here is each take as it stands.
Sparse coverage · 3 outlets
CNNCNNLEFT2h ago
“Justice Department sends criminal target letters in Alaska probe to people aligned with Democratic party - CNN”
WEWashington ExaminerRIGHT1h ago
“DOJ sends target letters to Marc Elias and other Democrats over decoy Dan Sullivan candidacy”
