Lawmakers sue to stop 'Troopergate' probe of Palin [View All]

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Lawmakers sue to stop 'Troopergate' probe of Palin
By STEVE QUINN – 1 hour ago
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Five state Republican lawmakers want a judge to stop an investigation into Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's firing of a public safety commissioner.
A bipartisan oversight committee had unanimously approved an inquiry into whether Palin, now the Republican vice presidential nominee, dismissed the commissioner because he wouldn't fire her ex-brother-in-law, a state trooper.
In Anchorage Superior Court on Tuesday, three state representatives and two state senators sued to stop the investigation. Palin had said months ago that she welcomed the inquiry. The lawsuit called the investigation "unlawful, biased, partial and partisan."

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