President Donald Trump on Wednesday called for Mary Peltola to leave Alaska's Senate race and be prosecuted, according to a PBS NewsHour report carrying an Associated Press byline. The item said the call followed a report that Peltola's campaign helped recruit a second candidate named Dan Sullivan.
The Hill reported that Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy, a Republican, on Wednesday evening “ordered an investigation” into whether Peltola's Democratic Senate campaign violated state law when it reportedly recruited candidates to draw support away from her opponent. According to The Hill, the governor cited reporting by The New York Times earlier that day, which found that the Democrat's campaign was involved. The Hill's summary breaks off at that point, so the extent of that involvement is not stated in the text available.
Neither PBS NewsHour nor The Hill, in the material available, says whether Peltola or her campaign has responded to the president's call or the governor's order. The summaries also do not identify which provision of state law is at issue, when the investigation is expected to conclude, or who Peltola's opponent is by name.
This account relies only on the headlines and summaries of the two reports, not on their full text or on the underlying New York Times reporting. Where the two accounts overlap, both place the key events on Wednesday.
Sources: PBS NewsHour: WATCH: Trump calls for Peltola to drop out after report her campaign helped recruit 2nd Dan Sullivan; The Hill: Alaska governor orders investigation into Peltola Senate campaign.