Todd Palin among 13 subpoenaed in 'Troopergate'

Anchorage Daily News ^

[Chet 99]

Todd Palin among 13 subpoenaed in 'Troopergate'

Daily News and wire reports

(09/12/08 11:50:02)

The state Senate Judiciary Committee voted 3-2 today to subpoena 13 people -- including the husband of Gov. Sarah Palin -- in an investigation of whether Palin abused her power in trying to get her former brother-in-law fired. -snip-

The Senate committees granted the request. Voting for were Sens. Charlie Huggins, R-Wasilla, and two Anchorage Democrats, Hollis French and Bill Wielechowski.

Voting no were Sens. Lesil McGuire, R-Anchorage, and Gene Therriault, R-North Pole.

Branchflower said he wants to interview Palin herself but did not ask for a subpoena for her.

[Texas4ever]

This may be to John and Sarahs advantage....If the news picks up with this and it is looking like a Witch hunt against the PALINS it will just solidify the base....

EVERY TIME WE TAKE THE NEWS DAY...IT LOOKS BRIGHTER AND BRIGHTER FOR JOHN AND SARAH!!!!!

NOT TO WORRY THEY HAVE GREAT LAWYERS GOING OVER FOR THE PALINS......IT WILL BE A DISTRACTION.

McCain/Palin 08

LETS START A PETITION TO ASK RANGEL TO STEP DOWN....WHY ISNT THIS IN THE NEWS.....CHAIRMAN RANGEL STEP DOWN

[RobRoy]

Here’s some more:

www.notwrightforamerica.com

[Jackson57]

Out of curiosity, was it necessary to issue subpoenas? Were each of these people asked to appear before the committe? Or were they issued because they knew it would make national news and make it look like Palin was stonewalling?

[KevinDavis]

I think it was the latter..

[LottieDah]

Lawns in Alaska? Who knew?

[Tallguy]

This may be to John and Sarahs advantage....If the news picks up with this and it is looking like a Witch hunt against the PALINS it will just solidify the base....

The Dems will settle for persuading the Jello-minded "undecideds". I think that they realize that the Republican base is solidly behind the McCain-Palin ticket.

[Rinnwald]

I do wish the Watergate building had been named the Waterfraud.

[Luke21]

I still remember the media not raising a whisper over Clinton firing the US attorneys, but it was suddenly a big deal when Bush fired a few of them.

[CatOwner]

Not good news. It doesn't matter the outcome. Just the word "Troopergate" will do the job the RATs need for the next two months.

[Texas4ever]

Behind every Jello minded undecided is a Republican!

[Signalman]

This is going to backfire on the libs.

[FormerACLUmember]

Bogus "Troopergate": Meet the so-called Investigators:

The man overseeing the “investigation,” Sen. Hollis French, is the bald guy near the back (fifth from left, by the Obama ‘08 posters). Any doubts about this hack’s objectivity yet?

Well, it gets better. Last week, for obvious reasons, Rep. John Coghill asked the Alaska Legislative Council to remove French from the probe. Coghill’s request was rejected:

On Monday, the head of the Legislative Council turned down his request. Democratic Sen. Kim Elton responded that he is sure that partisan politics can be kept out of the probe.

You know what’s coming, right? Senator Elton is also in the picture. He’s the tall bearded guy on the far left (ahem) of the photo. His Alaska State Legislature web page can be found here.

So, there it is. The guy overseeing the troopergate ”investigation” and the man charged with keeping him honest are both proud Obama partisans. If ever there was a put up job, folks, this is it.

(hat tip to Catron)

[scory]

I am coming to the conclusion that the leftist propaganda media have gone so far over the top in their attacks on Governor Palin that outside the fever swamps of the left no one is giving any credence to their tripe. It is rapidly coming to the point where the lefist media could run a story about the Governor participating in human sacrifice complete with pictures and the testimony of half the state of Alaska and no one would believe them.

The “boy who cried wolf” effect is developing very rapidly.

[pray4liberty]

Wrong, she did not fire the trooper, she fired the state's public safety officer.

Someone posted on FR that he (or she) knew Monegan for 25 years, and that he wasn't fired, but transferred to another department. He resigned that position. Which means, he quit. The FR poster does say the trooper should have been fired.

[Jackson57]

Wonder if thought has been given to holding a press conference saying that they’d have been more than willing to meet with the committee and that they didn’t NEED subpoenas to do it? Good time to restate the fact that Gov. Palin herself asked for an independent review.

[Lions Gate]

The MSM media going after this looks more and more like the socialist, leftist, democrat hacks that they are. I predict more and more people will tune them out, and tune into FoxNews, talk radio, and the internet for their news.

GO SARAH!!!

[snowrip]

I’ve also found that Stephen Branchflower, the retired DA in charge, is a longtime friend of Monegan.

Can you email that photo to Rush et al?

[o2bfree]

Seems like they’re going to subpoena everyone in Alaska...Really grasping at straws her huh!

[snowrip]

From the AP (exerpted):

In two letters released Wednesday, Thomas Van Flein called the investigation “unlawful and unconstitutional” and said the man hired to run it, former prosecutor Stephen Branchflower, has a conflict of interest because he’s a friend of the fired commissioner. Citing “your seemingly biased conduct of the investigation in recent weeks,” he urged Branchflower to stop interviewing witnesses — the second time this month that he’s asked Branchflower to stand down.

The investigation has included setting up a secret tip line to “accept and investigate anonymous rumors and complaints outside the scope” of the inquiry, Van Flein alleged. He also said Branchflower has deposed witnesses without proper notice other attorneys.

[Jackson57]

Sounds like they’ve been taking lessons from Texas Travis County District Attorney Ronnie Earle.