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\n Alaska GOP Sen. Dan Sullivan slammed the campaign of his Democratic opponent Mary Peltola over its alleged involvement in recruiting another man named Dan Sullivan to run for Senate. But the incumbent senator did not say during an interview on CNN\u2019s \u201cState of the Union\u201d that aired this morning whether the alleged actions constituted a crime, as many other Republicans, including President Donald Trump, have suggested.\n <\/p>\n
\n \u201cI\u2019ll let the lawyers figure that out,\u201d Sullivan said told CNN\u2019s Jake Tapper. \u201cWhether or not this is legal or not, and I think you know there\u2019s some good arguments on both sides\u2026 the key thing I\u2019m focused on is looking at Peltola and her team \u2014 and the Democrats in DC, and how they treat Alaskans with disdain.\u201d\n <\/p>\n
\n Sullivan floated a more than 150-year-old law, which was originally passed to combat the Ku Klux Klan, as a possible legal argument implicating Peltola\u2019s campaign. The statute<\/a> says it is illegal for any two people to conspire to deprive anyone of their constitutional rights, including the right to vote.\n <\/p>\n \n Trump in recent days has called for Peltola, as well as the other Dan Sullivan, to be prosecuted<\/a>.\n <\/p>\n \n Sen. Sullivan did not directly address whether his campaign has evidence that Peltola knew about the alleged plan. Instead, he frequently referenced last week\u2019s New York Times<\/a>\u2019 report which, quoting Peltola\u2019s former campaign manager, says the former Alaska congresswoman \u201cdefinitely aware,\u201d but not directly involved in the project.\n <\/p>\n \n Despite all the attention the controversy has received, the senator said that the other Sullivan\u2019s inclusion on the ballot may still confuse some Alaskans.\n <\/p>\n \n \u201cI\u2019m sure I\u2019m going to lose a lot of votes to that trickery,\u201d he said.\n <\/p>\n