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Palin Legal Defense Fund Illegal, Ethics Panel Finds
By not in system - AOL NewsAn Alaska ethics panel has ruled that a legal defense fund set up for then-Gov. Sarah Palin was illegal. The state Personnel Board said Thursday the Alaska Fund Trust inappropriately used the word "official" on its website to describe it, wrongly implying Palin's endorsement as governor, The Associated Press reported. ...
Sarah Palin Legal Defense Fund Set Up Illegally, Probe Finds
By David Knowles - Politics DailyWhen is a legal defense fund itself a violation of the law? According to an investigator for the Alaska Personnel Board, a legal defense fund was set up for former Gov. Sarah Palin in violation of state ethics laws. Timothy Petumenos, the investigator who looked into the complaint, found that the Alaska Fund Trust website inappropriately used the word "official" to describe the fund, The Associated Press reported. Since she was still governor at the time the fund was established, "official" wrongly implied her endorsement in the capacity of that office, Petumenos said. Palin's attorney ...
New Ethics Complaint Against Sarah Palin
By David Knowles - Politics DailySometimes, you get the feeling that it's not always so fun being Sarah Palin. As governor of Alaska, numerous ethics complaints have been filed against her, some of them serious, others trivial. In response to these legal entanglements, last week Palin started a legal defense fund and swiftly raked in $500,000 to help pay her legal bills. But now, the fund itself is the target of a new ethics complaint: The complaint filed with the attorney general's office seeks an investigation by the state personnel board for violations of the Alaska Executive Branch Ethics Act. The complaintant, Kim ...
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