PALIN:Friday Deposition For Troopergate

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PALIN:Friday Deposition For Troopergate
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Thu, 10-23-2008 - 1:49am
Okay, Sarah's "official" Troopergate investigation begins????? She's delusional. Sarah is guilty, why does she want to be punished for it, too? Is she a masochist? lol. Or did she cut a deal with the board doing the investigation?
Gov. Palin to give Troopergate deposition Friday

by Rachel D'Oro - Oct. 21, 2008 03:17 PM
Associated Press


http://www.azcentral.com/news/election/president/articles/2008/10/21/20081021palin1021trooper.html


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Registered: 10-23-2008
Fri, 10-24-2008 - 7:56pm
You appear to think a great many things which bear little or no resemblance to reality.

Konichiwa, Bitches!
McCain LOST???

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Registered: 10-12-2008
Fri, 10-24-2008 - 7:58pm
Yes imagine that.

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Registered: 10-23-2008
Fri, 10-24-2008 - 7:59pm
Oh, just wait. I think Mr. French will be eminently satisfied with the results of this investigation.

Konichiwa, Bitches!
McCain LOST???

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Registered: 10-12-2008
Fri, 10-24-2008 - 8:00pm
She wasn't charged with anything.

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Registered: 10-12-2008
Fri, 10-24-2008 - 8:03pm
Did you blow out that candles before you said that?

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Registered: 10-23-2008
Fri, 10-24-2008 - 8:15pm
You can hold on to your beliefs that she was found guilty of a charge. Those of us that actually read the reports know the reality.


Apparently, a little remedial reading comprehension study might be in order for some of us who "read the report":

I find that Governor Sarah Palin abused her power by violating Alaska Statute 39/52/110(a) of the Alaska Executive Branch Ethics Act. Alaska Statute 39.52.110(a) provides

The legislature reaffirms that every public officer holds office as a public trust, and any effort to benefit a personal or financial interest through official action is a violation of that trust.

Konichiwa, Bitches!
McCain LOST???

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Registered: 10-12-2008
Fri, 10-24-2008 - 8:30pm
No charge, no mention of guilty.

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Registered: 10-20-2008
Fri, 10-24-2008 - 8:30pm
Nothing...it will pretty much be a done deal then, won't it?
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Registered: 09-08-2008
Fri, 10-24-2008 - 8:40pm






Palin testifies to investigator in ethics dispute
Associated Press
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin testified before an independent investigator Friday about allegations she abused her powers during a long-running personnel controversy that has now distracted from her Republican vice presidential campaign. Palin waved but did not speak to reporters when she arrived at a Missouri hotel for her deposition, scheduled to last two hours before a lawyer from the Alaska ...
Matt Apuzzo and Jim Salter
October 24, 2008
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The Associated Press
Palin testifies to investigator in ethics dispute

Republican vice presidential candidate Gov. Sarah Palin shakes hands with members of the Beaver Area High School football team after speaking at a campaign rally at the school in Beaver, Pa. on Thursday, Oct. 23, 2008. Republican vice presidential candidate Gov. Sarah Palin shakes hands with members of the Beaver Area High School football team after speaking at a campaign rally at the school in Beaver, Pa. on Thursday, Oct. 23, 2008. (AP Photo/Pool, Michael Henninger)

By Matt Apuzzo and Jim Salter
Associated Press Writers / October 24, 2008




ST. LOUIS—Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin testified before an independent investigator Friday about allegations she abused her powers during a long-running personnel controversy that has now distracted from her Republican vice presidential campaign. Palin waved but did not speak to reporters when she arrived at a Missouri hotel for her deposition, scheduled to last two hours before a lawyer from the Alaska Personnel Board. The board is investigating whether Palin abused her powers by firing her public safety commissioner.


The commissioner claims he was dismissed because he refused to fire Palin's former brother-in-law, a state trooper involved in a messy divorce from Palin's sister. The scandal, known as "Troopergate," took on national significance after John McCain selected Palin as his running mate.


"She's been looking forward to this day," Palin's attorney, Thomas Van Flein, said Friday. "She would like to tell her story and she'd like people to know the truth."


A legislative investigation found that Palin had every right to fire the commissioner, Walter Monegan. But the report found that Palin violated state ethics laws by trying to get her former family member kicked off the force.


Palin and her husband, Todd, say the trooper, Mike Wooten, was unstable and had made threats against their family. Wooten had also used an electric stun gun on his stepson.


"I make no apologies for wanting to protect my family and wanting to publicize the injustice of a violent trooper keeping his badge," Todd Palin said in an affidavit submitted to legislative investigators.


Sarah Palin was not subpoenaed in that investigation. Friday's testimony before independent investigator Timothy Petumenos was the first time she spoke at length or under oath about the controversy. Palin began testifying around 4 p.m., McCain campaign spokesman Taylor Griffin said. Palin's husband, Todd, was scheduled to testify before she did.


Although the legislative report issued a stinging rebuke of Palin's conduct, it carried no penalty. It's up to the personnel board to decide whether Palin violated the law. She filed a complaint against herself to launch the investigation after accusing the legislative inquiry of becoming partisan. Unlike the Legislature, the personnel board is run by officials that Palin can fire but only for cause.


"Gov. Palin looks forward to meeting with Mr. Petumenos today and hopes that this investigation will provide the public with the facts in this matter," McCain-Palin spokeswoman Meghan Stapleton said.


Whether Palin's testimony becomes public remains uncertain. Personnel investigations are normally secret and, though Palin has waived her privacy rights, others in her administration have not and Petumenos has sought to keep the matter from playing out in the media.


Van Flein said Palin would like to release a transcript of her deposition. But producing one typically takes days and it's unknown whether Petumenos will allow it.


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Registered: 10-23-2008
Fri, 10-24-2008 - 8:48pm

Oh....were you under the impression that this was a criminal trial? I can see where your confusion may have stemmed from, then.

However, the final report of an investigator hired to examine the matter did in fact conclude that Sarah Palin, Governor of Alaska, had violated the specific statute: it's LISTED, for crying out loud.


Konichiwa, Bitches!
McCain LOST???