Posted on 07/21/2009 1:52:43 PM PDT by My Favorite Headache
Edited on 07/21/2009 5:16:35 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
Investigator: Palin May Have Violated Ethics Laws An independent investigator has found evidence that Gov. Sarah Palin may have violated ethics laws by accepting private donations to pay her legal debts.
"All options are open in terms of legal remedies. It is a clear violation of Alaska law that Mr. Daniel explicitly reviewed with Ms. Chatman prior to her illegal actions. We will be contacting the appropriate authorities for review and action."
Thomas Van Flein Private Attorney for Sarah Palin
More:
"The resolution of the Trust Fund is not final. I have been working with the investigator regarding supplemental information. The matter is still pending. Whatever you have seen was released in violation of law. There has been no Board finding of an ethics violation and there is a detailed legal process to follow before there is a final resolution."
Thomas Van Flein
Private Attorney for Sarah Palin
My $ is on Soros.
There’s a $150 limit on individual donations to avoid any of the appearances you discuss.
Romney’s hacks have certainly been behind some of it.
Both women are also very unattractive.
Let's try here.
He donated a $1,000 to Kerry.
If the costs incurred by the accused in fighting these charges reverted to the false accuser upon dismissal, they would never be filed in the first place.
They want to throw everything including the kitchen sink at Sarah regardless of whether or not the charges are false and ultimately dismissed, because guilt or innocence isn’t the point. We know by now, with them, that “It’s not the nature of the evidence; it’s the seriousness of the charge.”
They want her utterly destroyed. No mercy for her or for her family who are either deemed guilty by association, or who are considered collateral damage.
The account of Haman and Mordecai in the Old Testament book of Esther often comes to mind when false or evil accusations are brought against those who are effectively standing for right. Haman’s evil came back upon him and he hanged on the gallows that he had built for Mordecai.
May the damage they are trying to do to Conservatives through Sarah Palin come back upon them.
Democrats: Palin family violates CO2 pollution standards.
Gov. Palin And Family Face Prosecution
"The way that family is so active, running around, heavy breathin' and all . . . "
Yes, Soros leading this as this operation is to
scripted.
From Sarah’s twitter
@AkGovSarahPain Re inaccurate story floating re:ethics violation/Legal Defense Fund;matter is still pending;new info was just requested even;no final report
At first I thought you weer just being argumentative. But, I think you really believe it. State election laws and ethics rules only apply to elections or officials in that state. Bill Clinton never lived nor did he ever hold elected office in the state of Alaska. He was a national candidate holding a federal office. As such, only federal laws and ethics rules would apply.
State legislative bodies don't have the any controlling legal authority over federal office holders, nor do they have any authority to control how monies are raised with respect to federal elections campaigns. Come on, this is law school 101.
Liberals are haters - and this is how haters act... They’ll never let up on Palin. They hate her.
Wait, that makes way too much common sense. OH! Where is my rim shot?!?!?
She has grace like I have never seen before. how she is able to take this and not slit her wrists is something I hope to read about in her book. She is amazing, she takes all this crap, worse then I have ever seen in my entire life and she is still fighting. God has a plan for her, don’t know what it is yet but he has a plan for her. She is a remarkable woman. I don’t care if people don’t agree with her politically, that’s fine, but what she has been through with all of these bastards who are after her for NO reason other then being a threat to Obama’s Presidency, it’s sickening to see what has happened to my country. Welcome to the New Obama America
Ironically the MSM is trying to craft a narrative that Sarah is crazy. That she is not crazy by now is the real story.
So, they try to shut her up by bankrupting her through the court system. And then, when private citizens donate to her cause to disrupt these unconscionable efforts, they sue to make it illegal for private citizens to come to her aid? I’m soooo tired of liberal childishness. They are pathetic. I guess it’s time to find the checkbook.
AKGovSarahPalinRe inaccurate story floating re:ethics violation/Legal Defense Fund;matter is still pending;new info was just requested even;no final report
Yes, I'm sure she did, and I know that her husband did. But, they were subject to federal election's regulations and federal law. Some states have virtually no regulation or reporting requirements for legal defense funds of elected officials. Alaska does. And, it appears that Alaska law is not very well written, and somewhat ambiguous and perhaps even contradictory with respect to legal defense funds.
But, from my reading of the relevant statutes, I don't think she violated any regulations as they are written for the establishment of LDFs.
What is true, however, is that at the federal level, it would be against the law to use funds that were raised for the express intent of campaign contributions to be used to pay a candidates legal bills when defending personal or ethical charges. Campaign contributions cannot be used to pay criminal defense attorneys - only attorneys that work on campaign related legal issues - like recounts, challenges, personal injury lawsuits where the campaign is a named defendant and a few other instances.
This is why it would be illegal for the GOP or the McCain camp to pay or reimburse Palin for her ethics charges she faced or faces with respect to her role as governor of Alaska.
I cannot verify the validity of this claim. There is no final report. The Investigator is still confidentially reviewing this matter. It appears suspect that in the final days of the Governor's term, someone would again violate the law and announce a supposed conclusion before it is reached.
Meghan Stapleton
Palin Spokesperson
OK, this got me motivated.
I just gave $100.
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