Andrew Halcro goes through all the problems with the answers Todd Palin gave to the investigators into Troopergate.
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I apologize for all the cut and paste but I gotta get to work. Please read article.
My feeling is Todd leaked his own deposition.
After complaining for the last five weeks about how politics and the media had taken over the intended bi-partisan investigation into Governor Palin's firing of former Department of Public Safety Commissioner Walt Monegan, Todd Palin's deposition was leaked to the media on the same day it was delivered to special investigator Steve Branchflower.
Apparently the first dude was trying to get out in front of a fast moving train.
Here are a few answers from the "first Dude"
Page 1, Line 17: "(Wooten) illegally shot a cow moose without a permit"
Palin of course leaves out the fact that his entire family knew the moose was shot illegally in 2003 but that didn't stop him and his family from butchering and eating the meat, only to file the complaint two years later when Wooten was divorcing Sarah's sister.
And this
Page 2, Line 16: "In 2005 and 2006, State Trooper Mike Wooten was the subject of a court ordered domestic violence protective order."
Palin of course leaves out the fact that the order was granted while Wooten was out of state taking his step son to Portland. While he was away, Sarah Palin and her sister went before a judge in Palmer and convinced the judge to grant the order without any evidence of domestic violence. Upon his return, Anchorage Judge John Suddock questioned Palin's sister and immediately revoked the order, calling it an egregious abuse of the legal system.
Page 3, Line 1: "Threats against a public official, and his or her family, fall within the responsibilities of the Department of Public Safety."
True. But the last complaint of any threat occurred over a year before Governor Palin was elected.
You'll notice that Todd is a liar.
Page 3, Line 13: "I was not aware of the Grimes report until July 2008, after Monegan left the government."
This is a blatant untruth. Monegan made it very clear that Wooten had already been punished and that is why he couldn't take any further action unless Wooten made another mistake. This is exactly why Monegan kept pushing back when pressured because he legally couldn't take any retro-active action against an employee who had already been punished because it would have violated Wooten's employee rights.
Page 4, Line 3: "I had hundreds of conversations and communications about Trooper Wooten over the last several years with my family, friends, with colleagues, just about everyone I could including government officials."
In a July 18, 2008 press release, Governor Palin stated; “To allege that I, or any member of my family....directed disciplinary action be taken against any employee of the Department of Public Safety, is, quite simply, outrageous.
But yet according to Todd Palin's deposition he complained about Trooper Mike Wooten to Mike Tibbles, Randy Ruaro, Ivey Frye, Frank Bailey, Mike Nizich, John Bitney, John Glass and Audie Holloway.
I gotta run but Palin is obviously trying to place the blame on himself, in a way. He was so obsessed with Wooten, that everyone around him decided, on there own, to take this matter into there own hands and get him fired. This is so laughable. I guess he thinks we're stupid.
Again, please read whole article. There's a lot more. And sorry for the cut and paste.
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