Tough shit, huh ........ ya grifter?

[Stinky The Clown]

Ethics probe: Palin legal defense fund was illegal

By RACHEL D'ORO (AP) – 12 minutes ago

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Thousands of donors who contributed to a $390,000 legal defense fund for former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin will get their money back after an investigator said Thursday the fund was illegal because it was misleadingly described on a website.

State Personnel Board investigator Timothy Petumenos said the Alaska Fund Trust inappropriately used the word "official" on its website, wrongly implying that it was endorsed by Palin in her role as governor.

But Petumenos also found that Palin — the 2008 GOP vice presidential nominee — acted in good faith and relied on a team of attorneys to make sure the fund was lawful and complied with the Alaska Executive Branch Act.

Palin's attorney, Thomas Van Flein, said the trust brought in almost $390,000 before Palin stepped down as governor July 26, 2009. More than $33,000 has since been donated, but Van Flein said that money will go toward $87,680 the trust has incurred in administrative and other expenses.

"She supports this process 100 percent, and I think she agreed to this resolution cause it was the right thing to do," Van Flein said. "She never instructed anybody to do anything that would not comply with federal law or state law."

Another defense fund was set up Thursday for Palin as a private citizen to pay off the rest of the debt.

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More here:

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[MrScorpio]

1. Sarah wouldn't do this to us, would she?

I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO THINK!


WAAAAHHHHH!!!!

[spanone]

2. i'm no lawyer, but it sounds like fraud to me.

and now she's soliciting funds to pay off the funds she stole?

[Stinky The Clown]

3. That's what grifters do.

They grift.

[corkhead]

4. Looks like she is going to need another legal defense fund

[Atticus]

5. She's following in the footsteps of W. You simply hire a whore lawyer to tell you that what you

want to do is legal. Then, when what you did is eventually ruled illegal or unconstitutional, you can claim you acted "in good faith".

And, the band played on.

[madmom]

6. With all the money she has been raking in, why does she need a defense fund to pay her debts?

[JoeyT]

7. You can't possibly expect her to spend HER money.

That's un-American and Socialist! And probably Fascist as well.

[madmom]

8. Oops sorry, I should have known better...my bad!