Palin Ethics

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

Jeanne Devon ("AKMuckraker") | Posted 10.30.2009 | Politics


Jeanne Devon (

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.

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

Geoffrey Dunn | Posted 11.12.2009 | Politics


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 09.05.2009 | Politics


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...

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

Brad Friedman | Posted 08.22.2009 | Politics


Brad Friedman

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

Palin: Ethics Violation Story "Inaccurate"

AP | RACHEL D'ORO | Posted 08.22.2009 | Politics


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

Another Ethics Complaint Filed Against Palin

AP | RACHEL D'ORO | Posted 08.15.2009 | Politics


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 08.06.2009 | Politics


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 07.22.2009 | Politics


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 07.17.2009 | Politics


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 06.28.2009 | Politics


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 06.11.2009 | Politics


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 05.23.2009 | Politics


Jeanne Devon (

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 02.24.2009 | Politics


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 Late Disclosure For Free 2007 Trips

AP | RACHEL D'ORO | Posted 01.03.2009 | Politics


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 Disclosure For 2007 Free Trips, Finally

AP | RACHEL D'ORO | Posted 01.03.2009 | Politics


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 12.20.2008 | Politics


"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 11.20.2008 | Politics


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 11.14.2008 | Politics


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: Full Text

The Huffington Post | Nico Pitney | Posted 11.10.2008 | Politics


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...

Troopergate Report: Palin "Unlawfully Abused Her Authority"

AP | MATT APUZZO | Posted 11.10.2008 | Politics


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...

Sarah Palin's Taxes Raise Questions On Ethics

NY Times | Leslie Wayne | Posted 11.06.2008 | Politics


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...

Palin Took Freebies, Help Selling House As Mayor

AP | BRETT J. BLACKLEDGE | Posted 10.29.2008 | Politics


WASILLA, Alaska — Though Sarah Palin depicts herself as a pit bull fighting good-old-boy politics, in her years as mayor she and her friends rec...

Obama's Big Lead: This National Poll is Different

Ari Melber | Posted 10.25.2008 | Politics


Ari Melber

This national poll is striking because it suggests a sharp and unusual turn in the national mood -- a kind that never occurred during the last presidential election.

Exclusive Video: Insight into Sarah Palin

Joel B. Schwartzberg | Posted 09.29.2008 | Politics


Joel B. Schwartzberg

Get an exclusive peek into Palin's feelings about Big Oil and ethics in an excerpt from NOW on PBS story that aired earlier this month.