Posted on 10/09/2008 2:45:40 AM PDT by markomalley
The investigation into Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's dismissal of a state official moved forward on two fronts Wednesday.
Palin's husband, Todd, said in a sworn affidavit released Wednesday night that he never pressured the state's public safety commissioner to fire Palin's former brother-in-law, a state trooper who had divorced the governor's sister.
And Alaska's Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday on an appeal by Gov. Palin's allies to block the Legislature's probe but did not immediately hand down a decision.
Public Safety Commissioner Walt Monegan was not fired this summer because he wouldn't dismiss the trooper, Todd Palin said in his written response to questions from the state Legislature's investigation into Monegan's firing.
"My concerns ... were not why Monegan was reassigned," Palin said in the 52-page document.
Upon the dismissal, Monegan was offered a position as executive director of the Alcohol Beverage and Control Board, but turned it down.
Palin said his wife was unhappy with Monegan because of "budget issues and failure to fill trooper vacancies."
"Walt Monegan was, to the best of my knowledge, not terminated," Palin said. "He was offered a reassignment, and he resigned rather than accept the reassignment."
Monegan has said he believes he was fired because he resisted pressure to terminate the governor's ex-brother-in-law, State Trooper Mike Wooten.
Palin had been resisting a subpoena by lawmakers looking into Monegan's firing since mid-September. But with the report of Stephen Branchflower, the former Anchorage prosecutor hired to conduct the inquiry, expected Friday, Todd Palin agreed to answer written questions submitted through his lawyer.
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Todd Palin said he relayed the family's concerns to Monegan, but he never urged that the trooper be fired.
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That’s because the first 19 stories already convicted Palin for firing the guy.
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Mmmmm....what a hottie. Lucky Sarah. :)
You women....animals....all you ever think about is.....
What were the Palins supposed to do? Wait until their insane former brother-in-law killed someone in the line of duty?
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