Joe Miller Admits To Ethics Breach (VIDEO)

Alaska GOP Senate candidate Joe Miller briefly broke his press silence Monday, following a controversial incident involving a reporter who was detained by his vigilante security force.

Miller appeared on CNN's "John King, USA," to divulge a little bit of information about the matter that the Alaska Dispatch reporter had been seeking comment on: a recent claim by a former Fairbanks mayor that Miller had nearly been dismissed from his duty as a borough attorney in 2008 after using company computers to conduct a political operation.

According to Miller, the extent of the situation was never as dire as former mayor Jim Whitaker had insinuated. Miller told CNN's John King that the proceeding took place on his lunch break, not during taxpayer-paid time, and that he was never threatened with termination as a result of going through with the plan.

The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner has reported that, according to Miller's father, Rex, the younger Miller used co-workers' computers to conduct a poll concerning his bid for Alaska GOP Chairman.

"One noon hour, on his own time at the borough, Joe participated in an online poll voting against [GOP Chairman] Randy [Ruedrich]," Miller said, according to an email from Republican operative Mike Rostad. "He used four office computers in the office to do it, thinking this was his chance to boost numbers to get rid of Randy. He emptied the cache files on the computers so the users wouldn't know what he had done."

Miller later admitted the wrongdoing after his coworkers raised concerns, a breach of policy that drew a reprimand and a period of lost pay, though no suspension or threat of termination, the News-Miner reports.

"John, I'll admit I'm a man of many flaws. I'm not going to sit back and say that I've conducted my life perfectly," Miller told CNN Monday night. "I will tell you that anything that I've done that's not right, it's been accounted for and it's been taken care of and I move on and I learn from mistakes."

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[dmac6419]

11:59 AM on 10/28/2010

OTH other than honorable discharges for these two soldiers or afganistan what a waste,whats up with the earpeices

[MarsAmbassador]

08:46 PM on 10/20/2010

Sarah Palin desecrates the flag:
http://www.salon.com/news/politics/war_room/2010/10/20/sarah_palin_american_flag/index.html

WHY ISN'T THIS THE LEAD STORY HERE??!

[CoronaDischarge]

03:43 PM on 10/20/2010

I must say this false arrest in pursuing Joe about his past ethical violations, which he has now admitted to, has touched off a firestorm of rumors and stories on the tundra there about his past association with the thuggish Alaska Independence Party, Todd's favorite bunch, and the odd dealings of this pseudo militia working through the Drop Zone as unlicensed security. I'd say Joe is in real trouble as far as his election, as well as other ethical issues arising from deductions he is alleged to have made in paying himself rent in his official position and in the hiring of his wife.

[CoronaDischarge]

03:34 PM on 10/20/2010

So ... Saturday the documents will be released. This and the false arrest of the news person have caused Joe to cross that line that he so courageously drew in the sand about not answering personal questions about his pas improprieties.

"Burbank will rule on Saturday whether public interest in the borough documents outweighs Miller's right to privacy."
http://www.adn.com/2010/10/19/1509565/ruling-in-miller-records-suit.html

Interesting to note that the Palin family "consigliere" Tom Van Flein is Joe's lawyer defending his right to privacy in trying to stop any disclosure about his being caught breaking the law.

[Billy Jack]

01:45 PM on 10/20/2010

Does Miller bow to the Aqua Buddha?

[Deltalk]

01:21 PM on 10/20/2010

Alert ....Alert....13 days to Electoral Tsunami.

Tea Party Power....

[Cooday]

01:06 PM on 10/20/2010

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[Southrnbelle]

12:51 PM on 10/20/2010

So is arrested now, or do we have to wait until he gets elected and begin the dog and pony show all over again?

[CR46]

12:39 PM on 10/20/2010

Dear huffington Post, there is breaking news at palingates.blogspot.com aboout Miller and his militia ties, yet you are late to the party. Maybe a good idea would be to investigate these ties and do some journalism. Just a thought.

[CR46]

12:25 PM on 10/20/2010

Joe Miller swore his alligience to anti american militia.

[CR46]

12:23 PM on 10/20/2010

Palingates has connected Miller with driect ties to anti american militia, will be posted soon. Watch for it at palingates.blogspot.com

[Dr Phibes]

12:19 PM on 10/20/2010

So let's see here. The guy is getting militia members and active duty army personnel to be in his bodyguard contingent but the people and those who are going to be his constituents have no right to know about his past or the issues that make his views on policy? And now that all the skeletons in his closet are coming out just in time for Halloween I'm supposed to take his word that all his "past mistakes" are dealt with and he's now AJ squared away?

Considering his obvious disdain for the press I'm not buying it.

[CR46]

12:21 PM on 10/20/2010

He has active ties to anti-american secessionists and to anti american militias. Those are not in his past, he can't deny those.

[Downrivers]

12:13 PM on 10/20/2010

Joe Miller's thugs threatened other reporters:

http://www.adn.com/2010/10/18/1507982/questions-surround-use-of-security.html#ixzz12pP0iUbe

[CR46]

12:11 PM on 10/20/2010

Joe Miller has ties to anti-american militia group.
palingates.blogspot.com

[hagagaga]

12:09 PM on 10/20/2010

I am shocked that an institution like West Point can produce people like this idiot.

[CR46]

12:14 PM on 10/20/2010

He never served all the time required. And has not been forth coming with answers. That tells me he was drummed out for either mental health issues or issues of not being officer material.

[hagagaga]

12:18 PM on 10/20/2010

Although it is true that he didn't serve the five years active duty, he did serve three active and five reserve. If he was kicked out, he wouldn't have been in the reserve.