The republican appointed ethics board claimed on 11/3 (timing no surprise) that Gov. Palin did not break the law in her strong arming and firing of personale related to the trooper gate story.
Serious questions remain however about The Gov. and First Gentleman of Alaska. The main question at this point is did the couple commit perjury during the course of the hearings.
Perhaps the most troubling piece of evidence is a February 7, 2007, email from Gov. Palin to Monegan. It's a long, rambling missive that concludes with a return to her obsession with Wooten: "Just my opinion -- I know you know I've experienced a lot of frustration with this issue. I know Todd's even expressed to you a lot of concern about our family's safety after this trooper threatened to kill a family member..."
Both Palin and her husband swore under oath that they did not have conversations with Monegan a month earlier (in January 2007) about the Wooten matter. Yet the February 2007 email proves concretely that Palin was aware that her husband had conveyed concerns to Monegan and, by implication ("I know you know") that she had as well. It also clearly establishes the pattern of her trying to use her influence to get Wooten fired from her earliest days in office.
Palin further contradicted her own testimony by saying that her husband complained to her so frequently about the handling of the Wooten matter that she had to tell him to stop, and then shortly thereafter contended that she knew nothing about his activities to get Wooten fired.
Implausible? Absolutely. Perjury? That remains for a legal body to decide. Geoffrey Dunn, Huffington Post
It seems more than probable that both Todd and Sarah lied under oath but it seems less than probable that the charges will be pursued. And meanwhile the perpetrators of this perjury are giving speeches and making book deals.
Justice sometimes seems far away indeed.
