New reporting from Alaska Public Media reveals Dan Sullivan was a no-show after making a crowd in Kodiak wait more than forty minutes at a planned meet-and-greet where Alaskans hoped to hear his stance on a nearly two billion-dollar slush fund that could personally pay him taxpayer money.

Self-Serving Sullivan would personally benefit from the slush fund, and repeatedly dodged questions from outlets about if he supports it.

“Alaskans want answers on whether Dan Sullivan will vote to funnel taxpayer dollars towards a slush fund that could personally benefit him, but he can’t be bothered to show up,” said Alaska Democratic Party Chair Eric Croft. “He abandons Alaskans every day for his own selfish interests, so this cowardly behavior is anything but surprising.”

Despite no reason being given for the no-show, Sullivan was in attendance at the Kodiak Crab Fest the next day. When asked by a constituent about his absence, he “did not respond to them and jogged ahead to keep up with his support car.”

Alaskan Public Media: Alaskans seeking Sen. Sullivan, Rep. Begich stance on Trump compensation fund get silence

• U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan and Rep. Nick Begich are not saying how they feel about two of President Trump’s most controversial priorities: a $1 billion security-related request for his ballroom and a nearly $1.8 billion compensation fund that could pay Jan. 6 riot defendants and other Trump allies.

• Since mid-May, Alaska Public Media has sent multiple emails asking for Sullivan’s position on these two issues.

• Alaskans critical of Trump often say they don’t feel they have access to Sullivan and Begich.

• Kodiak retiree Jone Suleski said she wanted to ask questions of the two candidates (…) was among a crowd of people who went to Double Shovel’s cider house in Kodiak for what was billed as a 6 p.m. session with Sullivan and Congressman Begich.

• Suleski said she planned to press Sullivan about Trump’s $1.776 billion “anti-weaponization” fund, which she called a “corrupt money grab.”

• But, after about 40 minutes with no members of Congress in sight, Suleski said she and others gave up.

• “The overall feeling amongst everybody was, ‘We didn’t really think he was going to show, did you?’” she said.

• Sullivan’s office did not say why he missed the Kodiak meet-and-greet on May 22. The Senate was released for the week the prior afternoon.

• After not meeting nor greeting Sullivan at the Double Shovel event, Suleski saw him walk in the Crab Fest parade the next morning.

• “We yelled out at him, ‘Where were you last night?’” she said. “And he turned around, you know. And we said, ‘Hey, hey, we waited for you.’”

• Sullivan, she said, did not respond to them and jogged ahead to keep up with his support car.