 Sarah Palin: Accused of abusing power
Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin has faced with a grave charge. It is said that she has "abused her power" as she sought to get her former brother-in-law fired from his job as a state trooper. This has been revealed from a state legislative investigative report.
Details about Sarah Palin have been gathered from quite a number of sources. Although the report stated that Palin has violated the state's ethics law thereby banning public officials from using their offices for personal gain, it did not mention whether Palin should be reproached by the Legislature or whether the matter should be referred for further criminal investigation. According to them, the legislative panel authorized the investigation, after meeting in private for over 6 hours and then released the report. However he did not vote immediately whether to endorse its findings.
Still, the report thrusts a new issue into the presidential campaign at a time when the GOP ticket has tried to catch up in national polls and at a time when Sarah Palin's reputation as a reform-minded candidate is subjected to scrutiny.
As per the investigation report of the "Troopergate" case found that while public safety commissioner Walter Monegan's refusal to fire Trooper Michael Wooten was "not the sole reason he was fired by Governor Sarah Palin, it was likely a contributing factor." Wooten has got involved into divorce case with the sister of Sarah Palin.
The report faulted the governor by saying that she "knowingly permitted a situation to continue where impermissible pressure was placed on several subordinates in order to advance a personal agenda, to wit: To get Trooper Michael Wooten fired." It also said that Palin "knowingly" let her husband, Todd, use the resources of the governor's office "to find some way to get Trooper Wooten fired."
However Sarah Palin has declined to testify before the committee, much to its displeasure. The report said that while Sarah Palin could fire Monegan "for almost any reason, or no reason at all," it was "impermissible" to put pressure on Monegan to fire Wooten. Such efforts "create conflicts of interests for subordinate employees who must choose to either please a superior or run the risk of facing that superior's displeasure and the possible consequences of such displeasure."
Sarah Palin and her running mate, Republican presidential candidate John McCain, have denied that she acted improperly in the firing of Monegan. In a statement it is said, "Today's report shows that the Governor acted within her proper and lawful authority in the reassignment of Walt Monegan." Further it stated that "The report also illustrates what we've known all along: this was a partisan-led inquiry run by Obama supporters and the Palins were completely justified in their concern regarding Trooper Wooten given his violent and rogue behavior."
In its own report that was issued on Thursday night, John McCain's campaign asserted that the firing was over a legitimate policy dispute. The officials of the campaign said, "Walt Monegan's dismissal was a result of his insubordination and budgetary clashes with Governor Palin and her administration." "Trooper Wooten is a separate issue." |
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