# DOJ accelerates probe into Alaska spoiler-candidate claims

https://mins.news/en/video/121878

- CNN, 2026-10-30 03:41 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QA_O_BgtUD8

> Alaska and federal authorities are investigating an alleged Democratic scheme to recruit a spoiler candidate. The program also says the Trump and Biden administrations were not the only ones to investigate Ilhan Omar’s marriage.

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