More Palin Lies: The Trooper in 'Troopergate' Breaks His Silence

[babylonsister]

Geoffrey Dunn
Award-winning journalist, filmmaker and historian

More Palin Lies: The Trooper in 'Troopergate' Breaks His Silence


The Alaska State Trooper at the center of Sarah Palin's so-called "Troopergate Scandal"--which impeded her run for the vice-presidency and stained her record as Alaska governor--has broken his more than year-long silence since his embattled divorce with Palin's sister, Molly, became a cause celebre during last year's presidential campaign.

After reading passages from Palin's memoirs Going Rogue that deal with his marriage and subsequent divorce, a "fed up" Mike Wooten, 37, who still serves as an Alaska State Trooper in Anchorage, called the book "a pack of lies."

According to Wooten, Palin and her father, Chuck Heath Sr., have "interfered with my life--and my children's lives--for at least the last five years. And it is still going on. I'm done with it."

Characterizing his adversaries as "snakes," Wooten said he has kept quiet long enough. "From this point on I'm speaking my mind," he declared. "I'm speaking the truth. Let the chips fall where they may." He acknowledged that he is considering taking legal action against Palin on multiple fronts.

Although Palin would try to claim otherwise during the presidential campaign, an independent investigation ordered by the bipartisan Alaska Legislative Council (composed of ten Republicans and four Democrats) and conducted by former Republican prosecutor Steve Branchflower, resulted in the finding "that Governor Palin abused her power by violating Alaska Statute 39.52.110(a) of the Alaska Executive Branch Ethics Act."

The report issued by Branchflower documented more than thirty occasions in which then Governor Palin, her husband Todd or members of her staff tried to influence Alaska's highly regarded Commissioner of Public Safety, Walt Monegan, to fire Wooten. When Monegan refused, Palin fired him instead.

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/geoffrey-dunn/more-palin-lies-the-troop_b_371293.html

[WCGreen]

1. As always, much thanks for scouring the internet for press we all find

interesting at the least and provocative at best...

[babylonsister]

3. You're very welcome. I know there's Palin fatigue out there - I have it!

But the thought of this guy possibly taking legal action is too delicious to pass up. Someone needs to do some serious investigating.

[Obamanaut]

2. Many, many good responses to thread with same title at this link

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=7094779

[babylonsister]

4. Same article; my apologies, I didn't see it. nt

[PearliePoo2]

5. Trooper Wooten......she's been trashing you long enough.

Are you going to let her continue to spread her filthy lies about you to millions of people?
Talk man...talk.

[juno jones]

6. If he can prove it in court

I'm behind him all the way.

K&R.

[gateley]

7. It was amazing that when this came out during the campaign, they just

brushed it off, dismissed it, spun it to their liking -- AND GOT AWAY WITH IT!

The Repubs always seem to be able to do that, yet the media spent considerable time determining whether or not Obama's birth certificate was legit. Un fucking believable. :eyes:

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