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Judge: Palin aides must testify
Published: Oct. 2, 2008 at 10:52 PM
Republican
vice presidential nominee, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin participates in the
vice-presidential debate with Democratic vice presidential nominee Sen.
Joe Biden (D-DE) at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, on
October 2, 2008. (UPI Photo/Brian Kersey)
vice presidential nominee, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin participates in the
vice-presidential debate with Democratic vice presidential nominee Sen.
Joe Biden (D-DE) at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, on
October 2, 2008. (UPI Photo/Brian Kersey)
ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- An Alaska judge ruled Thursday that an investigation of Gov. Sarah Palin can go forward and said her aides must respond to legislative subpoenas.
A legislative committee is holding hearings on Palin's firing of her
public safety commissioner, allegedly because he refused to fire her
former brother-in-law, a state trooper who was divorced from the
governor's sister. The episode, known widely as Troopergate, has dogged
Palin since her nomination as Republican presidential nominee John McCain's running mate.
Talis Colberg,
the state attorney general and a Palin appointee, said he has not yet
decided whether to appeal, the Anchorage Daily News reported.
"I'm going to talk to the clients before I talk to you," he said.
Colberg's suit to block the subpoenas was merged with a suit by five
Republican state legislators seeking to stop the investigation.
Thomas Van Flein, a lawyer representing the governor and her husband, said he expects Todd Palin to testify in the investigation.