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Troopergate stories: 31 news summaries

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 1,000 Alaskans Protest Palin 

Demand Troopergate findings before election

Sep 28, 08 6:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - Some 1,000 protesters chanting “recall Palin!” turned out in force in Anchorage yesterday to object to the state’s handling of Troopergate, reports the Anchorage Daily News. Demonstrators called for the attorney general's resignation and urged legislators to issue a report on the probe into Sarah Palin's... More »

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Election 2008 • Troopergate • Sarah Palin • protesters • Anchorage

Office Records Contradict Palin's Troopergate Claims

'Unauthorized' trip by 'rogue' commissioner was OK'd by governor's office

Sep 20, 08 6:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - Gov. Sarah Palin's office actually approved a trip to Washington that her lawyers have been offering as evidence of the "rogue mentality" for which her public safety chief was fired, reports ABC News. Documents show that Palin’s chief of staff signed off on Walt Monegan's trip "to... More »

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Alaska • lobbying • Troopergate • Sarah Palin • Walt Monegan • Mike Wooten

Palin Refuses to Meet With  'Troopergate' Investigator 

Spokesman says probe has been 'tainted' by Democrats

Sep 15, 08 7:15 PM CDT
(AP) - Sarah Palin won't speak with an investigator hired by lawmakers to look into the firing of her public safety commissioner, a campaign spokesman said today. He told a news conference that Palin will not cooperate as long as the investigation "remains tainted." He said he doesn't know whether... More »

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Troopergate • Sarah Palin • Walt Monegan

Lawmakers to Subpoena Todd Palin in Alaska

GOP efforts to delay probe thwarted by
state senator

Sep 12, 08 8:01 PM CDT
(AP) - The abuse of power investigation against Sarah Palin took a potentially ominous turn for her party today when state lawmakers voted to subpoena her husband. Republican efforts to delay the probe until after the Nov. 4 election were thwarted when GOP State Sen. Charlie Huggins, who represents Palin's hometown of... More »

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Alaska • Troopergate • Sarah Palin • Anchorage • Todd Palin

Palin Was Warned Over Troopergate

Governor's ethics adviser urged her
to apologize

Sep 11, 08 3:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - An attorney who acted as an informal ethics adviser to Sarah Palin urged her to apologize for her role in firing Alaska's safety commissioner before it grew into a scandal, the Wall Street Journal reports. "The situation is grave," he wrote shortly before Palin was picked for the... More »

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ethics • Alaska • Troopergate • Sarah Palin • Todd Palin • Mike Wooten

Another Palin
Firing That
Looks Personal

Highly praised aide was dismissed after affair with friend

Sep 9, 08 9:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - In another case of Sarah Palin's personnel decisions getting tangled up with family and friends, the Alaska governor fired her legislative director, an old friend, after he had an affair with another family friend, reports the Wall Street Journal. Just 7 weeks before John Bitney was fired, Palin praised his... More »

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Alaska • affair • Troopergate • Sarah Palin

'Troopergate' Cop Regrets Bad Blood With Palins

Ex-brother-in-law thinks Palin nomination is 'great for Alaska'

Sep 6, 08 4:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Alaska state trooper at the heart of the "Troopergate" scandal dogging Sarah Palin wants to put the whole thing behind him, the Washington Post reports. Mike Wooten said he regrets his mistakes, and is proud to have been part of the Palin family. Palin is under investigation for... More »

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Alaska • Troopergate • Sarah Palin • state troopers • Todd Palin • Mike Wooten

Troopergate Continues to Follow Palin

Police union's ethics complaint alleges gov. broke confidentiality

Sep 5, 08 4:31 PM CDT
(Newser) - Alaska’s Public Safety Employees Association has filed a complaint against Gov. Sarah Palin, charging she disclosed confidential information about state trooper Mike Wooten in attempts to get him fired, the Anchorage Daily News reports. The union says a Palin aide cited confidential information about Wooten—involved in thorny divorce... More »

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Alaska • governor • scandal • Troopergate • Sarah Palin • vice presidential candidate • Mike Wooten

Palin Emails Complain In-Law Wasn't Canned

Governor lambasted
'joke' investigation into trooper's behavior

Sep 4, 08 11:04 AM CDT
(Newser) - Sarah Palin railed against the "joke" investigation of her former brother-in-law, a state trooper embroiled in a nasty custody battle with her sister, in emails sent to the ex-public safety commissioner she fired in July. “This trooper is still out on the street, in fact he's been promoted,... More »

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investigation • Alaska • email • Troopergate • Sarah Palin • firing

Spitzer Slammed for Smearing Political Rival

He may have lied
about Troopergate, Albany DA says

Mar 28, 08 8:51 PM CDT
(Newser) - Eliot Spitzer was more involved a smear campaign against political rival Joe Bruno than he cared to admit, according to a report today. Spitzer's answers to investigators were possibly "not truthful," Albany District Attorney P. David Soares said—but Soares is not seeking prosecution, in part due to... More »

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Eliot Spitzer • Andrew Cuomo • political scandal • Troopergate • Albany • Joe Bruno • P. David Soares • Darren Dopp

Spitzer's Fall Shocks Biographer

Friends call him a 'Boy Scout,' but governor kept secrets well hidden

Mar 11, 08 7:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - Eliot Spitzer's biographer was as shocked as anyone to discover his involvement with a prostitution ring yesterday. The New York governor was regarded as a devoted and faithful husband, and his college girlfriends still spoke fondly of him. The whole debacle, writes Brooke Masters in the Financial Times, "serves... More »

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prostitution • New York • sex scandal • Eliot Spitzer • scandal • Brooke Masters • prostitution ring • Troopergate

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