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More On the ‘Troopergate’ Report

How well do we really know Sarah Palin? This MSNBC clip gives more details about the report, released Friday by a bipartisan committee in Alaska, that determined Governor Palin had dismissed her public safety commissioner partly because of a personal family matter.

Posted on Oct 10, 2008 READ MORE | 9 COMMENTS

AP photo / Nati Harnik

‘Troopergate’ Probe: Palin Abused Executive Power

Special prosecutor Steven Branchflower has investigated Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s dismissal of Public Safety Commissioner Walter Monegan—who claimed he was fired because he refused to fire Palin’s brother-in-law, state Trooper Mike Wooten—and the news isn’t good for the Republican vice presidential nominee. Update: Palin denies wrongdoing

Posted on Oct 10, 2008 READ MORE | 34 COMMENTS

Sarah Palin on ‘Troopergate’

In post-Nixonian American politics, you’re nobody unless you’re associated with a scandal replete with shadowy intrigue and danger and commonly referred to in the press with the suffix -gate. Good thing John McCain’s VP pick, Sarah Palin, comes equipped with her own: Troopergate.