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VP nominee Sarah Palin has come under investigation, yet again.  NBC is reporting that an ethics complaint obtained by NBC News was filed Wednesday by the police officers union in Alaska, requesting a probe into possible wrongdoing by the governor or her office. It was brought on behalf of state trooper Mike Wooten, an ex-brother-in-law of [...]

These people are really corrupt. Not only were they trying to delay the Troopergate investigation, trying to get a panel of her choosing to investigate, refusing to cooperate with investigators, now they are witness tampering.
A key witness in the Alaska State Senate Ethics investigation of Gov. Palin has backed out of testifying [...]

ABC News is reporting that the McCain Campaign is stalling an investigation into Sarah Palin.
Is the McCain campaign afraid of an ‘October surprise’ involving vice-presidential pick Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska?
The Alaska state senator running an investigation of Gov. Palin says the McCain campaign is using stall tactics to prevent him from releasing [...]

The state has hired a private lawyer to represent Gov. Sarah Palin’s office in the Legislature’s investigation into the firing of former Public Safety Commissioner Walt Monegan.

The state Department of Law hired Thomas Van Flein, an Anchorage attorney with expertise in employment law and professional liability, because Attorney General Talis Colberg has a potential conflict [...]

Politics as usual for the McCain campaign. His VP pick, Sarah Palin, is no different than the rest of the Republicans. In fact, the only reason McCain picked her is to try and woo some of the Hillary Clinton supporters. He can no longer criticize Obama for lack of experience when his [...]