Alaska Senate President Lyda Green, a Republican foe of Palin, said Wednesday that the investigation is still on track. "The original purpose of the investigation was to bring out the truth. Nothing has changed," she said. Without the testimony, the retired prosecutor hired to head the investigation could still release a report in October as scheduled, based on the evidence he's already gathered. As of Thursday, Steven Branchflower had interviewed or deposed 17 of the 33 people he had identified as potential witnesses in the probe. The Legislature does not have the leverage to compel any witness to testify before Nov. 4, said Wielechowski, a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee. Wielechowski said he did not know whether Branchflower has enough material for a complete and fair report with so few witnesses. But he said delaying the probe would only politicize the matter more.
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I suspect they will continue and produce a report that may well be more damning to Palin than if they had cooperated.