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Palin Aides Now Claim Trooper Probe Is "Confidential"

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (CNN) — Republican campaign officials indicated they are done... more

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Investigator: Palin probe to end before election -

McCain-Palin camp is seeking to delay investigation until after election

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Palin's husband refuses to testify in probe

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's husband has refused to... more

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Palin's husband won't testify in trooper inquiry, campaign says

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (CNN) -- Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's husband won't comply with a subpoena issued by state lawmakers investigating her firing of Alaska's public safety commissioner, the McCain-Palin campaign said Thursday.

A state Senate committee is scheduled to meet Friday to take statements from the 12 people they subpoenaed last week, including Todd Palin. But McCain-Palin spokeswoman Maria Comella said Todd Palin would not face a "fair hearing" before the Senate Judiciary Committee.

The campaign has stepped up its attacks on the Legislature's investigation of Public Safety Commissioner Walt Monegan's firing in the past week, saying the governor won't cooperate with an inquiry that it says is "tainted" by partisan politics.

In a new twist, Comella said Alaska state law bars ethics investigations of people running for elected office.

"That law was passed to insulate legislative investigations from exactly the kind of political maneuvering we are seeing in this inquiry," she said.

One Judiciary Committee member said lawmakers would have little recourse if witnesses refused to comply with the subpoenas. Only the full Senate, which does not reconvene until January, can vote to hold them in contempt, state Sen. Bill Wielechowski said.

"It appears that the McCain campaign is now very heavily involved in this, and they're attempting to stonewall the investigation," Wielechowski, a Democrat, said just before Thursday's announcement.

The law campaign officials cited appears to apply to candidates for state office, while Sarah Palin is seeking a federal job. But another campaign spokesman, Taylor Griffin, said the subpoenas violate "the spirit of the law, if not the letter."

In addition, state Attorney General Talis Colberg told lawmakers Tuesday that state employees wouldn't comply with subpoenas because the governor "has declined to participate" in the inquiry. Colberg said Sarah Palin's refusal puts them in the position "of having to choose where their loyalties lie."
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (CNN) -- Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's husband won't comply... more

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Countdown: More on Troopergate

Keith reports on the latest to come out of troopergate in Alaska. James Moore weighs in.

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Rachel Maddow speaks to commissioner regarding Troopergate

Rachel breaks it down, fact by fact.

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"Troopergate" Probe Unraveling

The abuse-of-power investigation of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin was unraveling Wednesday,... more

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GOP Stalls Troopergate Investigation

Keep on hiding the dirt on this woman

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Alaska AG: Troopergate witnesses won't testify

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) -- Alaska's attorney general says state employees subpoenaed... more

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Republican state lawmakers file suit to stop investigation into Palin's 'Troopergate' scandal

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) -- Five Republican state lawmakers filed suit Tuesday to end the... more

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Palin Flip Flops on Troopergate

Hey Bush didn't cooperate with investigators either

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Palin refuses to meet with 'Troopergate' investigator

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- Gov. Sarah Palin is unlikely to speak with an independent... more

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Palin won't meet with 'Troopergate' investigator

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - A campaign spokesman says Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin won't speak... more

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Fired Official: Governor Sarah Palin Did Not Tell the Truth to ABC

"She's not telling the truth when she told ABC neither she nor her husband pressured me to fire Trooper Wooten," said Walt Monegan, the Alaskan official whose dismissal by Sarah Palin is the focus of a state investigation known as "Troopergate". "And she's not telling the truth to the media about her reasons for firing me."

In an exclusive interview with ABC News.com, former Alaska Public Safety Commissioner Walt Monegan said he resisted pressure by the First Couple to re-open an old case against a state trooper, who was in a hotly contested divorce and custody battle with the Governor's sister Molly.

Alaskan lawmakers are investigating whether Palin and her husband used the power of the Governor's office to conduct a personal vendetta against their former brother-in-law, whose behavior during the 2005 divorce was described by the Palin family as " threatening."

In an exclusive interview with ABC News.com, former Alaska Public Safety Commissioner Walt Monegan said he resisted pressure by the First Couple to re-open an old case against a state trooper, who was in a hotly contested divorce and custody battle with the Governor's sister Molly.

Alaskan lawmakers are investigating whether Palin and her husband used the power of the Governor's office to conduct a personal vendetta against their former brother-in-law, whose behavior during the 2005 divorce was described by the Palin family as " threatening."

In a 20/20 interview, Palin told ABC's Charles Gibson she dismissed Monegan for poor job performance and that neither she nor her husband pressured Monegan to fire State Trooper Wooten. "We never did. I never pressured him to hire or fire anybody," Palin said.

But Monegan told ABC News.com he was summoned to a meeting with Todd Palin in December 2006, shortly after Sarah Palin became governor.

"I was called to her Anchorage formal Governor's office to talk with Todd Palin about an issue that was a private family matter," recounted Monegan. Todd became "upset," Monegan recalled, when told the allegations had already been investigated and the case would not be re-opened.

"When Sarah later called to tell me the same thing, I thought to myself, 'I may not be long for this job.'" But, Monegan said, he stood by his position. "I held the public trust. As Chief, I was responsible."

Governor Palin initially agreed to "cooperate fully" with the Alaska state legislative investigation but since being chosen as John McCain's running mate both she and her husband have refused to testify voluntarily. Friday the legislature issued a subpoena for Todd Palin. "She's not telling the truth when she told ABC neither she nor her husband... more