Palin legal fund may violate ethics law

[L. Coyote]

Source: Anchorage Daily News

DONATIONS: Investigator cites "probable cause" to believe it broke state rules.

By SEAN COCKERHAM = July 21st, 2009 11:07 PM

Gov. Sarah Palin appears to have broken state ethics law by asking people to donate money to a trust set up to pay her legal bills, an investigator hired by the state found.

"In light of the evidence that the governor expressly authorized the creation of the trust and the fact the trust website quite openly uses the governor's position to solicit donations, there is probable cause to believe that Governor Palin used, or attempted to use, her official position for personal gain in violation of Alaska statute," Anchorage attorney Tom Daniel wrote in his report.

Daniel recommended that Palin refuse to take the money raised by her legal defense fund, called the Alaska Fund Trust. But he was also sympathetic toward Palin for the personal legal bills she's accumulated defending herself against ethics complaints. Daniel suggested the Legislature consider changing the law so the state would pay in cases where complaints are tossed out.

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[slackmaster]

1. We need ANOTHER Palin thread? K&U.

:kick:

[L. Coyote]

2. This is news. What more can I say, except this is a news forum. HELLO!

[slackmaster]

3. All Palin and Birther threads must be smothered with Unrecs

It's my mission today.

Sarah Palin is irrelevant.

People who question President Obama's place of birth are irrelevant.

[havocmom]

5. Just undid your unrec

:evilgrin:

Generally agree that Palin should be pretty much IGNORED in GD, but this one is NEWS and points to more evidence that she is a self-serving pol and general idiot who does not do her homework. Things like that need to be pointed out, early and often.

[Steerpike]

4. OK

Play nice you two...or we'll have to keep you separated!

[Ian David]

6. It's a duplicate, but since it's about Palin being in trouble, I'll K&R anyway. n/t

[and-justice-for-all]

7. The one thing she is good at; Ethics Violations..nt

[damntexdem]

8. Then she'll just have to set up another legal fund to defend agains tthis complaint.

She better hurry up if she wants to do it while still governor -- just to make sure that it's illegal.

;-)