Posted on 09/26/2008 10:23:38 PM PDT by lainie
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Seven of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's top aides defied subpoenas for their testimony Friday into possible abuse of power by the governor.
Palin's chief of staff, Mike Nizich, and six other aides failed to appear at a legislative hearing into whether Palin abused her power when she fired her public safety commissioner this summer.
State Senate Judiciary Chairman Hollis French, a Democrat, waited 30 minutes Friday before reading a statement that the witnesses could be found in contempt when the full Legislature convenes in January and that the investigation would go on "in a simple search for the truth."
Alaska Attorney General Talis Colberg filed a lawsuit on behalf of the seven state workers Thursday challenging the subpoenas. He claims the committee has no jurisdiction to issue subpoenas in the investigation and questions whether the investigation's overseeing body, the Legislative Council, had the authority to begin a probe.
Colberg, a Republican appointed by Palin, said in a news conference Friday that he never directed anybody to ignore subpoenas but advised the seven that they had two options: Show up and testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee or don't and join the lawsuit.
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How much you wanna bet Biden uses the phrase "abuse probe" as in "You're undergoing an abuse probe" in their debate?
To which she should reply, "Your hair guy should be going through one."
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
One caption reads: "Alaska Senate Judiciary Committee chairman Sen. Hollis French, D-Anchorage, read a statement on the refusal of subpoenaed witnesses for the Troopergate investigation to appear before the committee. The committee was expecting 12 people to testify Friday but no one showed up."
“Your hair guy should be going through one.”
That I would happily pay money to see.
Hey Yahoo - get it right. She didn’t fire him!!!!!
Poor Frenchie. No one will cooperate with his “October Surprise.” ROTFLMAO! Looks like he isn’t going to get that pat on the head from the messiah afterall. Ha ha ha!
Humm; the ‘simple search for the truth’. Democrats and the truth have always had a less than truthful tone to it.
You have the coolest homepage that I have seen in my time here.
Good for them. Exactly the right course of action, and I agree with you about the lawsuit. Make them do all the work.
Obama did not show to well at the debate so it back to beating up on Palin.
They have to file a lawsuit. It protects them from legal action for not showing up.
This is merely the Democrat’s “October Surprise” which is fully backed by the DNC and the MSM. This will backfire and reeks of partisan, puppet politics.
This one will prove much too difficult for the DemocRATS.
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