Alaska Rep: All Effort Aimed At "McCain's effort to find cover for being disingenuous."

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More on the TrooperGate Cover-Up
By: emptywheel Wednesday September 17, 2008 1:49 pm

Here's how Alaska State Representative Les Gara described the latest developments in the TrooperGate cover-up--in which five Republicans sued to stop the bi-partisan legislative investigation and the Attorney General flip-flopped over whether Palin's staffers have to respond to legislative subpoenas.

It's silly season up here in the far north, but this week's moves are aimed at one thing: John McCain's effort to find cover for being disingenuous. See, before Governor Palin's nomination for the Republican VP spot, she did the honest thing. She admitted the evidence - of roughly 20 contacts between her staff and husband with Public Safety officials, seeking the firing of Governor Palin's former brother-in-law - might lead a reasonable person to the conclusion that the she misused her office to fire a state employee. So when Alaska's Republican-led Legislature called for an investigation, she did the honorable thing and said she and her staff would comply. She denies any wrongdoing.

Things changed on August 29 when Governor Palin was added to the McCain ticket. Since then his handlers have told her she can't testify. They don't want the evidence in this case to come out. They don't want her to testify under oath. They don't want other witnesses to testify under oath.

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more at:
http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/09/17/more-on-the-troopergate-cover-up/