President Donald Trump says administration will look into allegations behind “fake” Dan Sullivan Senate campaign in Alaska

President Donald Trump said his administration is looking into allegations that a longshot Alaska Senate campaign tied to the name Dan Sullivan was coordinated with a liberal group in a bid to sabotage the Republican senator, Sen. Dan Sullivan.

The remarks were reported by New York Post on Oct. 14, alongside Trump’s characterization of the competing effort as a “hoax by the Democrats.” Trump also said he would probe what he described as an “other Dan Sullivan” effort, adding that his administration is investigating the claims but not specifying the exact agency, authority, or legal basis for the inquiry in the report.

According to the report, Trump framed the matter around the practical impact on Alaska’s Republican electorate and said the alleged coordination would represent an effort to undermine what he called the “real” Alaska GOP senator’s campaign.

The New York Post also reported that Trump said he could not immediately describe the scope of the inquiry and that it is, at least in part, an administration review of the allegations. The report did not provide additional detail on what records would be requested, whether campaign-finance rules are at issue, or whether any formal enforcement steps had been initiated.

Election and campaign oversight for Senate races is generally handled through a combination of federal and state processes, including federal campaign finance compliance and, where applicable, criminal investigations. Any federal review would typically require the identification of specific statutes or regulations potentially implicated by alleged coordination or deceptive conduct, such as rules governing coordination, reporting, or other campaign-related activity.

The New York Post report did not cite a court filing, an agency notice, or a public disclosure of any investigative action at the time of publication. It also did not provide a direct quote identifying the individual or group described as the liberal organization alleged to have coordinated with the rival campaign effort.

No further official documents were cited in the reported account. If the administration proceeds, the next step would likely be clarity on whether the review is informal fact-finding or whether it will involve referrals to an enforcement entity, which could change the timing and transparency of any investigation.

For now, the only public record described in the report is Trump’s stated intent to look into the allegations and his dispute with the rival “Dan Sullivan” effort, while the underlying claims themselves remain unadjudicated in the absence of a cited filing or agency action.