Palin Trooper Scandal

Palin Won't Release Troopergate Testimony

Anchorage Daily News | Posted 01.05.2009 | Politics


As far as Gov. Sarah Palin is concerned, "troopergate" is behind her and she won't provide a transcript of testimony she gave in an investigation into...

Palin Giving Deposition In St. Louis Before Dropping Puck

Saint Louis Post-Dispatch | Posted 11.24.2008 | Politics


News accounts, including on CNN, report that Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin will be doing more than dropping the puck during her vis...

Troopergate Investigator Getting Confidential Docs

AP | RACHEL D'ORO | Posted 11.17.2008 | Politics


ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A legislative panel agreed Thursday to share confidential personnel records with the lawyer who is leading a second abuse-of...

Palin: "No Abuse Of Power At All" In Troopergate Report

Think Progress | Posted 11.15.2008 | Politics


A report released last Friday by the bipartisan Alaska Legislative Council found that Gov. Sarah Palin (R-AK) "abused her power" and violated a statut...

Palin Disputes Finding That She Abused Power VIDEO >>

George Spyros | Posted 11.12.2008 | Politics


George Spyros

Sarah Palin yesterday defended her actions in the Troopergate scandal after an Alaska ethics report concluded that she had abused her gubernatorial ...

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...

Todd Palin Will Answer Troopergate Questions

Anchorage Daily News | Posted 11.07.2008 | Politics


Todd Palin will answer a series of questions from a legislative investigator by mid-week -- but only in writing, and with the answers funneled through...

AP: Palin Staff Secrecy Could Kill Troopergate

AP | MATT APUZZO | Posted 11.06.2008 | Politics


ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin says she's an open book regarding an abuse-of-power investigation. Appare...

Judge Dismisses Troopergate Lawsuit

AP | MATT VOLZ | Posted 11.02.2008 | Politics


ANCHORAGE, Alaska — An Alaska judge on Thursday refused to block a state investigation into whether Gov. Sarah Palin abused her power when she f...

Judge Could Rule On Palin's Troopergate Scandal Today

Anchorage Daily News | Posted 11.02.2008 | Politics


As Gov. Sarah Palin works on last-minute preparation for tonight's vice presidential debate, an Anchorage judge today is expected to decide the fate o...

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Before Troopergate, Palin Said Tough Investigations "Healthy For Democracy"

HuffingtonPost.com | Seth Colter Walls | Posted 11.01.2008 | Politics


As the state investigation into Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's alleged role in firing a state trooper has effectively been stalled until after the election...

Sarah Palin -- Two More Days on the Down Slope

Stephen C. Rose | Posted 10.29.2008 | Media


Stephen C. Rose

By Stephen C. Rose SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 28 11:09 AM EASTERN Today's Palin links carry nothing reflecting yesterday's affair allegation. I have seen no...

Hundreds Protest Palin Troopergate Stalling In Alaska

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 10.29.2008 | Politics


The Anchorage Daily News reports: A protest rally blasting Gov. Sarah Palin's handling of the state's so-called troopergate investigation -- and cal...

Palin Troopergate Probe Will End Before Election, Investigator Says

AP | MATT VOLZ | Posted 10.20.2008 | Politics


ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The Alaska lawmaker directing an abuse-of-power investigation of Gov. Sarah Palin promised Friday the probe will be finished...

Todd Palin May Testify In Troopergate

Anchorage Daily News | Posted 10.19.2008 | Politics


The political storm swirling around the Troopergate investigation of Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin could reach new intensity Frid...

Palin Trooper Scandal: McCain Campaign Takes Over

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 10.18.2008 | Politics


Newsweek reports on the top terrorism prosecutor John McCain's campaign has hired to stop the investigation against Sarah Palin: A former top Justic...

GOP Lawmakers Sue To Stop Palin Trooper Investigation

AP | STEVE QUINN | Posted 10.17.2008 | Politics


JUNEAU, Alaska — Alaska's investigation into whether Gov. Sarah Palin abused her power, a potentially damaging distraction for John McCain's pre...

Fired Commissioner: Palin Lied To ABC

ABC News | Posted 10.16.2008 | Politics


"She's not telling the truth when she told ABC neither she nor her husband pressured me to fire Trooper Wooten," said Walt Monegan, the Alaskan offici...

Palin: I Didn't Fire Commissioner; He Quit

New Yorker | Posted 10.15.2008 | Politics


Palin was elected governor just as Alaska's political establishment was being realigned by the Veco bribery scandal. She had no role in exposing the c...

Todd Palin Subpoenaed In Troopergate

AP | GENE JOHNSON | Posted 10.13.2008 | Politics


ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The abuse of power investigation against Sarah Palin, Alaska governor and Republican vice presidential candidate, took a pot...

ABC On Troopergate: Women's Groups Rally Against Palin

Posted 10.12.2008 | Politics


ABC investigates Sarah Palin's trooper scandal, and finds women's groups in Alaska are rallying against the governor: ...

Palin Adviser Urged Her To Apologize For Trooper Scandal

WSJ | Posted 10.12.2008 | Politics


An informal adviser who has counseled Gov. Sarah Palin on ethics issues urged her in July to apologize for her handling of the dismissal of the state'...

Palin Trooper Scandal's Mike Wooten: "I'm Moving On"

CNN | Posted 10.06.2008 | Politics


The Alaska state trooper at the center of a probe into whether Gov. Sarah Palin abused her power says he has "made mistakes, and I've learned from tho...

Hometown Paper Blasts Palin's Stonewalling In Two Editorials

Anchorage Daily News | Posted 10.06.2008 | Politics


The Anchorage Daily News criticizes Sarah Palin's reaction to the scandal over a state trooper in two editorials. The first attacks her overall respon...