ABC News: Fired Alaskan Official: Palin Did Not Tell the Truth to ABC

[sabra]

http://abcnews.go.com/print?id=5804703

Walt Monegan Says He Was Called to Gov.'s Office Over a "Private Family Matter"


"She's not telling the truth when she told ABC neither she nor her husband pressured me to fire Trooper Wooten," said Walt Monegan, the Alaskan official whose dismissal by Sarah Palin is the focus of a state investigation known as "Troopergate". "And she's not telling the truth to the media about her reasons for firing me."

In an exclusive interview with ABC News.com, former Alaska Public Safety Commissioner Walt Monegan said he resisted pressure by the First Couple to re-open an old case against a state trooper, who was in a hotly contested divorce and custody battle with the Governor's sister Molly.

Alaskan lawmakers are investigating whether Palin and her husband used the power of the Governor's office to conduct a personal vendetta against their former brother-in-law, whose behavior during the 2005 divorce was described by the Palin family as " threatening."

In a 20/20 interview, Palin told ABC's Charles Gibson she dismissed Monegan for poor job performance and that neither she nor her husband pressured Monegan to fire State Trooper Wooten. "We never did. I never pressured him to hire or fire anybody," Palin said.

But Monegan told ABC News.com he was summoned to a meeting with Todd Palin in December 2006, shortly after Sarah Palin became governor.

"I was called to her Anchorage formal Governor's office to talk with Todd Palin about an issue that was a private family matter," recounted Monegan. Todd became "upset," Monegan recalled, when told the allegations had already been investigated and the case would not be re-opened.

"When Sarah later called to tell me the same thing, I thought to myself, 'I may not be long for this job.'" But, Monegan said, he stood by his position. "I held the public trust. As Chief, I was responsible."

[BeyondGeography]

1. McLiar and Lyin'

It's contagious.

[Debi]

2. Dammit - Doesn't he understand the words 'private family matter'

x( for shame.....

[bushisanidiot]

3. She's really good at lying with a big 'ol smile on her face.

i guess to win as a republican, you basically have to have no sense of morality.. because in order to win, they have to lie, cheat and steal.. yet the great majority of these republicans claim to be christian.

just. amazing.

[1corona4u]

8. Just like Boosh...

[dtotire]

4. They should run this story on "60 Minutes" n/t

[MadrasT]

6. 60 minutes, 20/20, and Dateline. n/t

[gaiilonfong]

5. I guess the first dude is another reTHUG CRIMINAL

nuff'said

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

7. Why is Todd Palin always on the scene?

Doesn't this woman do anything in life without her husband being there? Todd was right next to Sarah this morning as she spoke in Colorado. I've never seen a spouse follow the candidate everywhere they go.

[Supersedeas]

10. RW strongman in training

[SuperTrouper]

11. Yes, Cindycontin McCain

[secondwind]

12. my theory about that is that Evangelicals believe a woman

should be " below" her husband, and that is why Todd is always there on the scene, attending meetings, etc.

He is always with her............Pentecostal women don't have real autonomy. Maybe they should put an extra seat next to the VP chair behind the President when he gives the State of the Union address? Hopefully, there will be a President Obama!!

[Virginian]

13. I've noticed both spouses are hanging tight.

Cindy has never spent so much time with McGramps as she is now.

I think Todd has been somewhat running the show with Sarah as the figurehead. Part of their religion is for the wife to be submissive to the husband. Just as the question of Kennedy in 1960 was how much influence the Pope would have over his decisions as President, I think Sarah should be asked the same question of Todd. Will he be the wizard behind the curtain? I think Toto needs to pull the curtain back and we need to know what Todd Palin's political positions are.

[dtotire]

9. EVERY newspaper in the country should run this story n/t

[berni_mccoy]

14. K&R

[kid a]

15. ooo...this does not belong on page two! k&r