US Attorney Michael Heyman for the District of Alaska speaks during a news conference in Anchorage, Alaska, on October 30.
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The Justice Department sent target letters to more than a dozen people it believes helped recruit a Senate candidate with the same name as the Republican incumbent, in Alaska — an indication that the department is working towards bringing federal charges, according to two sources familiar with the investigation.

The recipients include the leadership of the Elias Law Group, the law firm that represents both the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee and the Democratic candidate Mary Peltola’s campaign, the sources said.