Palin Ethics

Sarah Palin's Governorship In Part Prompted New Ethics Rules Set To Take Effect In Alaska

Posted 05.25.2011

New ethics rules are set to take effect in Alaska later this month and come as a byproduct of Sarah Palin's tenure as governor of the state. The AP r...

Sarah Palin Defense Fund Was Created Illegally, According To Ethics Probe

AP | RACHEL D'ORO | Posted 05.25.2011

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Thousands of donors who contributed to a $390,000 legal defense fund for former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin will get their money...

Sam Stein

Palin Gets Another Ethics Complaint (Read Her Staff's Emails)

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

Yet another ethics complaint has been filed against former Alaska governor Sarah Palin, this time on the grounds that both she and her staff used offi...

Palin's Non-Disclosure - Quit Leavin' Stuff Out!

Jeanne Devon (AKMuckraker) | Posted 05.25.2011

Jeanne Devon (AKMuckraker)

We learned this week that 55% of Americans find Palin to be "honest and trustworthy." Apparently 55% of Americans haven't been watching Palin's shenanigans back in her home state.

Palin Ethics Issues Tackled By Alaska Attorney General

Anchorage Daily News | Sean Cockerham | Posted 05.25.2011

Alaska Attorney General Dan Sullivan is moving to change the state's ethics rules in the wake of the battles waged by former Gov. Sarah Palin. His ch...

A Culture of Corruption: The Ghost of Sarah Palin Still Haunts Alaska

Geoffrey Dunn | Posted 05.25.2011

Geoffrey Dunn

There was a revealing and troubling exchange between a political watchdog and members of the Alaska Personnel Board, which is responsible for processing so-called ethics violations, including Sarah Palin's.

Palin Still Fighting Over Private Emails

AP | RACHEL D'ORO | Posted 05.25.2011

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A plaintiff in a lawsuit against former Gov. Sarah Palin wants a judge to order the governor's office to use only government...

Palin: Ethics Violation Story "Inaccurate"

AP | RACHEL D'ORO | Posted 05.25.2011

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Days before Gov. Sarah Palin is scheduled to leave office, the former vice presidential candidate is facing yet another lega...

Irony: Palin Used Official State Website for Private Rebuttal to Latest Ethics Complaint

Brad Friedman | Posted 05.25.2011

Brad Friedman

Perhaps one more ethics complaint needs to be filed in Alaska before Palin quits her job as governor this weekend.

Another Ethics Complaint Filed

AP | RACHEL D'ORO | Posted 05.25.2011

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Outgoing Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is facing yet another ethics complaint – the 18th against her and the very thing that...

Palin Hit With Another Ethics Complaint

Geoffrey Dunn | Posted 05.25.2011

Geoffrey Dunn

In the wake of Governor Palin stepping down from her job, new allegations have surfaced today in Alaska charging Palin with additional violations of the Alaska Executive Ethics Act.

Palin's Legal Debt Is More Than$500,000 As She Spars With Critics Over Ethics Complaints

AP | RACHEL D'ORO | Posted 05.25.2011

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin says her political enemies are abusing state law with a flurry of frivolous ethics complaints agains...

Supporters Raising Funds For Palin Legal Defense

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's supporters are holding a Web-a-thon to raise money for her legal defense fund. Organizers of Cons...

Palin Ethics Complaints "Getting To Be Really Expensive"

Anchorage Daily News | SEAN COCKERHAM | Posted 05.25.2011

The Alaska Personnel Board, clearly frustrated with the pile of ethics complaints filed against Gov. Sarah Palin, wants to publicize the cost of deali...

Palin Cleared Of Two Ethics Complaints; Dozen More Pending

Anchorage Daily News | Posted 05.25.2011

Gov. Sarah Palin won dismissal Friday of two separate complaints alleging she broke ethics and election law. ...

Palin's Dirty Dozen -- New Ethics Complaint Filed

Jeanne Devon (AKMuckraker) | Posted 05.25.2011

Jeanne Devon (AKMuckraker)

The complaint will be filed this afternoon asserting that Palin's involvement with SarahPAC constitutes "outside employment" and "misuse of official position."

Palin Agonistes: Governor's Aides Charged with New Ethics Violations

Geoffrey Dunn | Posted 05.25.2011

Geoffrey Dunn

As Palin is pushing an energy plan that fronts her as presidential material for 2012, two of her top aides are being hit with new ethics charges, to be filed with the state Attorney General on Monday.

Palin Files Disclosure For 2007 Free Trips, Finally

AP | RACHEL D'ORO | Posted 05.25.2011

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Gov. Sarah Palin has added to her financial disclosure forms two free trips that she took nearly two years ago but failed to...

Palin Files Late Disclosure For Free 2007 Trips

AP | RACHEL D'ORO | Posted 05.25.2011

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Gov. Sarah Palin has added to her financial disclosure forms two free trips that she took nearly two years ago but failed to...

Ethics Complaint Filed Against Palin Over Fox News Interview

Anchorage Daily News | Posted 05.25.2011

"As Sarah Palin settles back into her job as the state's chief executive, a new ethics complaint filed Tuesday says she's already improperly mixing he...

Troopergate Investigator, Palins To Meet This Week

AP | RACHEL D'ORO | Posted 05.25.2011

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and her husband will meet this week with an investigator determining whether she violated state ethi...

Palin Probe Expanded Beyond Troopergate

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 05.25.2011

The Anchorage Daily News reports: The state Personnel Board investigation of Gov. Sarah Palin's firing of Walt Monegan has broadened to include othe...

Troopergate Report: Palin "Unlawfully Abused Her Authority"

AP | MATT APUZZO | Posted 05.25.2011

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Sarah Palin unlawfully abused her power as governor by trying to have her former brother-in-law fired as a state trooper, th...

Troopergate Report: Full Text

The Huffington Post | Nico Pitney | Posted 05.25.2011

A bipartisan committee of Alaska legislators voted 12-0 on Friday to release a report stating that Gov. Sarah Palin violated state ethics law "by tryi...

Sarah Palin's Taxes Raise Questions On Ethics

NY Times | Leslie Wayne | Posted 05.25.2011

Now that tax attorneys have had a chance to review Gov. Sarah Palin's tax returns, which were released late last week, a new round of questions are be...