Governor Palin May Try to Stop Subpoenas in Trooper Firing Case
By Timothy J. Burger and Tony Hopfinger
Sept. 11 (Bloomberg) -- The Alaska Attorney General's office told lawmakers probing Governor Sarah Palin's firing of the state's top police official that their authority and motivations are suspect, and state lawyers may "move to quash subpoenas" that legislators may issue tomorrow.
"The eyes of the nation have now turned upon us," senior Assistant Attorney General Michael Barnhill wrote in place of Attorney General Talis Colberg, a Palin appointee who recused himself in the case. Barnhill complained in a seven-page letter about public comments made by Hollis French, a Democratic senator, that Palin or her aides may have broken the law by allegedly obtaining personnel files of the fired state public safety commissioner, Walt Monegan...
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Governor Palin May Try to Stop Subpoenas in Trooper Firing Case
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