Ten-part series from Tour of Anchorage champion Holly Brooks.
Michael Wooten, the Alaska state trooper at the center of the Troopergate scandal over whether Gov. Sarah Palin abused her power, is now embroiled in a power struggle of his own -- a custody dispute with an ex-wife.
Threats to Wooten concern troopers
The state trooper behind the abuse-of-power investigations of Gov. Sarah Palin is getting a reassignment this Sunday following threatening telephone calls to his employer.
Wooten reassigned after troopers receive threats
The state trooper behind the abuse-of-power investigations of Gov. Sarah Palin is getting a reassignment following threatening telephone calls from Alaskans and Outside.
Is this the end of troopergate?
After months on the vice presidential campaign trial, Sarah Palin stepped back into her job as governor Friday with an Alaska controversy still unsettled: Troopergate.
Personnel Board exonerates Palin
A new report, released on the eve of Election Day, clears Gov. Sarah Palin of any ethics violations in her firing of her public safety commissioner and directly contradicts earlier findings of an investigator for the Legislature.
Ethics training suggested for aide who sent e-mails
New Troopergate report clears Palin
The state Personnel Board-sanctioned investigation is the second into whether Gov. Sarah Palin violated state ethics law in firing her public safety commissioner, and it contradicts the earlier findings by a special counsel hired by the Legislature.
Executive summary and recommendations of the report
Palin talks to investigator on Troopergate
ST. LOUIS -- Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin testified for two hours Friday in an abuse-of-power investigation that has been a distraction to her Republican vice presidential campaign.
Alaska Politics blog: How McCain chose Palin
Video: NBC interview, pt. 3 - "If those things were true, I wouldn't like me, either"
Palin testifies in Troopergate probe
Gov. Palin met with an independent investigator today to testify about allegations she abused her powers during a long-running personnel controversy that has distracted from her vice presidential campaign.
Video: NBC interview, pt. 3 - "If those things were true, I wouldn't like me, either"
Governor to give deposition Friday
Gov. Sarah Palin will take time from her vice presidential campaign Friday to give a deposition in a second inquiry into her firing of the state’s top public safety official.
Gov. Palin to give Troopergate deposition Friday
Gov. Sarah Palin, already found by one investigation to have abused her power, will take time from her vice presidential campaign Friday to give a deposition in a second inquiry into her firing of the state's top public safety official.
AP: Palin charged state for kids travel to events where they weren't invited
Investigator set to interview Palins
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and her husband will meet this week with an investigator determining whether she violated state ethics law when firing her public safety commissioner.
Confidential records will be shared in new Palin probe
A legislative panel agreed Thursday to share confidential personnel records with the lawyer who is leading a second abuse-of-power investigation into Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's firing of her public safety commissioner.
Troopergate investigator to get documents
A legislative panel agreed Thursday to share confidential personnel records with the lawyer who is leading a second abuse-of-power investigation into Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's firing of her public safety commissioner.
Judge orders private e-mails of Palin, staff preserved
A state judge reaffirmed Wednesday that government-related e-mails Gov. Sarah Palin and her staff sent from private accounts must be preserved and ordered further arguments over whether to halt the use of such accounts for state business.
Board's Troopergate probe casts wider net
The state Personnel Board investigation of Gov. Sarah Palin's firing of Walt Monegan has broadened to include other ethics complaints and actions by other state employees.
Palin says report vindicates her
In a brief telephone conversation with Alaska reporters Saturday, Gov. Sarah Palin said she did nothing wrong in the Troopergate affair involving her ex-brother-in-law and feels vindicated by a legislative investigation, the results of which are detailed in a hefty report.
Audio: Hear Palin's interview with Alaska reporters Saturday
Palin: Troopergate report cleared her of wrongdoing
In a brief telephone conversation Saturday with Alaska reporters, Gov. Sarah Palin said she did nothing wrong in the Troopergate affair involving her ex-brother-in-law and feels vindicated by a legislative investigation, the results of which are detailed in a hefty report.
Investigator: Palin abused power
Ethics probe hits hardest at Todd, not Sarah Palin
Palin lawyer: Report is a "smear" against governor
Branchflower's report comes in $25,000 under budget
Branchflower's report comes in $25,000 under budget
When legislators voted July 28 to investigate potential abuses of power in the administration of Gov. Sarah Palin, they authorized spending up to $100,000.
Investigator: Palin abused power
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin abused her power in pushing for the firing of a state trooper once married to her sister and by allowing her husband to use the governor's office in a crusade against the officer, a legislative investigation found.
Palin says report vindicates her
Palin: Troopergate report cleared her of wrongdoing
Ethics probe hits hardest at Todd, not Sarah Palin
Alaska Politics Blog: Roundup of Sunday Palin coverage
Video: Legislators talk about Troopergate report
Branchflower's report comes in $25,000 under budget
Report vindicates governor, Palin spokesman says
Gov. Sarah Palin's communications director says investigator Steve Branchflower's report vindicates the governor with a finding that she "acted within her constitutional authority" to remove executive employees who serve at her pleasure.
Troopergate findings are due today
The Alaska Supreme Court has cleared for possible release to the public today the Legislature's highly anticipated investigative report on whether Gov. Sarah Palin abused her power.
Alaska Politics Blog: Reports and pictures from Legislative Council meeting
Video: McCain campaign talks about Todd Palin statement, Branchflower probe
Todd Palin campaigned years to get trooper fired
Todd Palin talked to more than a dozen state officials, many of them repeatedly, in his crusade to get fired a state trooper who he considered to be a bad cop, according to his sworn statement.
Alaska Supreme Court peppers Troopergate lawyers with questions
Alaska Supreme Court peppers Troopergate lawyers with questions
Opponents of a legislative investigation into Troopergate on Wednesday made a last-ditch appeal to waylay the probe, telling the Alaska Supreme Court the investigation is unconstitutional, unfocused and unfair.
Pieces fall into place for Troopergate inquiry
With his Troopergate report due Friday, legislative investigator Steve Branchflower appears to have the makings of a fairly complete account.
Alaska Politics Blog: Supreme Court showdown over Troopergate inquiry
Todd Palin to answer Troopergate investigator's questions
Todd Palin will answer a series of questions from a legislative investigator by midweek -- but only in writing, and with the answers funneled through his lawyer.
Alaska Politics blog: Did Palins underpay taxes?
Attorney general says seven will now testify
Gov. Sarah Palin's attorney general announced Sunday that seven state employees will honor subpoenas to testify in the legislative investigation of the Troopergate affair.
Lawsuit seeks to preserve government-related Palin e-mails
A critic of Gov. Sarah Palin is suing to try to force preservation of any government-related e-mails that Palin sent from private accounts.
Todd Palin agrees to board interview
Gov. Sarah Palin's husband is planning to speak to an investigator looking into abuse-of-power allegations against the governor, Todd Palin's lawyer said Saturday. He previously refused to testify under subpoena in a separate probe.
Alaska's high court considers Troopergate appeal
The Alaska Supreme Court has agreed to hear an emergency appeal from lawyers seeking to shut down the Legislature's investigation of Gov. Sarah Palin.
Judges refuses to halt Troopergate investigation
An Anchorage judge Thursday refused to halt the Legislature's investigation of Gov. Sarah Palin and denied the Alaska attorney general's challenge of legislative subpoenas.
Judge may rule today on Troopergate
An Anchorage judge today is expected to decide the fate of the Legislature's investigation into whether Gov. Sarah Palin abused her power.
PDF: Opposition to restraining order
Troopergate suit heads to court
A lawsuit aimed at freezing the Legislature's abuse-of-power investigation of Gov. Sarah Palin hits the courtroom this week.
Palin aide put on leave is now back on the job
A key player in the Legislature's abuse-of-power investigation of Gov. Sarah Palin is back at work for the state.
Anti-Palin rally calls for Colberg removal
A protest slamming Gov. Sarah Palin's handling of the state's so-called Troopergate investigation -- and calling for the attorney general to lose his job -- drew more than 1,000 people to the Delaney Park Strip in Anchorage on Saturday.
Alaska Politics Blog: McCain stands by Palin and other news from the campaign
Palin talks with military moms at Philly shop
Palin, Monegan comments on Troopergate changed over time
Former Department of Public Safety Commissioner Walt Monegan on his dismissal
Monegan says his e-mails show he was no 'rogue'
Gov. Sarah Palin's ex-public safety commissioner says he'll provide e-mails to a state investigator to refute his former boss's claim he had a "rogue mentality" on budgeting and was planning an unauthorized trip to Washington, D.C., to lobby for money.
Legislative subpoenas go unanswered
With state officials again defying legislative subpoenas in the investigation of whether Gov. Sarah Palin abused her power, the war between state lawmakers and Alaska's attorney general is escalating.
Palin, Monegan comments on Troopergate changed over time
Alaska Politics blog: The Troopergate papers
Colberg files suit to quash subpoenas
Video: Colberg news conference (09/26/08)
Video: What Palin has said about Troopergate, and what the campaign says now
Colberg files suit to quash subpoenas
Alaska Attorney General Talis Colberg is suing to kill subpoenas issued by the Legislature in its Troopergate investigation of Gov. Sarah Palin.
Video: What Palin has said about Troopergate, and what the campaign says now
Wooten's workers' comp lawyer saw no intervention
A lawyer who represented embattled state Trooper Mike Wooten in his claim for workers' compensation benefits said he saw no evidence Gov. Sarah Palin's office interfered in the case. Because of his injury, Wooten missed work and collected workers' compensation benefits totaling more than $11,000.
Legislators lock horns over Palin inquiry
State lawmakers in opposing camps are frustrated with the direction of the Legislature's Troopergate investigation of Gov. Sarah Palin.
Palin's preferred inquiry requires utmost secrecy
Of the two Alaska investigations into abuse-of-power allegations against Sarah Palin, the governor has chosen to cooperate with just one: the one that guarantees secrecy.
Alaska Politics blog: Video surfaces showing Palin being blessed to be free from 'witchcraft'
Palin says she'll cooperate with Personnel Board probe
Less than a week after balking at the Legislature's investigation into her alleged abuse of power, Gov. Sarah Palin on Monday indicated she will cooperate with a separate probe run by people she can fire.
Troopergate seems to be trapped in limbo
Until three weeks ago, only Alaskans and a few hard-core political junkies in the rest of the country cared about the obscure scandal known here as Troopergate.
Stalled Troopergate probe leaves many questions
Until three weeks ago, only Alaskans and a few hard-core political junkies in the rest of the country cared about the obscure scandal known here as Troopergate. She didn't seem too worried. Broadly popular, she adopted a bring-it-on attitude, saying: "Hold me accountable. ... I don't have anything to hide." But the bravado regarding allegations that she dismissed the state's top law enforcement official when he wouldn't fire Palin's former brother-in-law from his state trooper's job disappeared on Aug. 29.
Witnesses snub state Troopergate inquiry
A state Senate committee convened Friday to take testimony from witnesses facing subpoenas to tell what they know about the Troopergate affair, but none showed up -- including Gov. Sarah Palin's husband, Todd.
Todd Palin ignores call to testify
Todd Palin, the husband of vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin, will not heed a subpoena to appear before an Alaska legislative committee this morning to testify about his role in Troopergate.
Inquiry into Monegan dismissal heats up
The political storm swirling around the Troopergate investigation could reach new intensity Friday morning when legislators are scheduled to hear from witnesses hit with subpoenas.
Attorney general says state staff won't testify
Alaska's investigation into whether Gov. Sarah Palin abused her power, a potentially damaging distraction for John McCain's presidential campaign, ran into intensified resistance Tuesday when the attorney general said state employees would refuse to honor subpoenas in the case.
Palin accuses Monegan of insubordination
Walt Monegan lost his job as public safety director because he resisted Gov. Sarah Palin's budget policies and showed "outright insubordination," say papers the governor's lawyer filed Monday.
Lawmakers vote to subpoena 13 in Troopergate
State legislators voted Friday to subpoena witnesses including Gov. Sarah Palin's husband, Todd, as part of the Troopergate inquiry, and an investigator disclosed intriguing new details during a tense 2½-hour hearing.
Palin's attorney calls investigator biased
A lawyer for Gov. Sarah Palin is taking another stab at derailing the Legislature's ethics investigation into the firing of her former public safety commissioner, accusing the retired prosecutor who is conducting it of acting unethically himself.
French to retain oversight of Palin probe
A Republican effort failed Monday to unseat the Alaska state senator overseeing the ethics investigation into whether Gov. Sarah Palin abused her power when she dismissed the state's public safety commissioner.
Wooten tells CNN he made mistakes
Embattled state Trooper Mike Wooten, in an interview aired Friday on the CNN cable news network, admitted he'd made some mistakes and is feeling stress from having his troubles with the Palin family splashed across the national news media.
Subpoenas expected in Monegan firing case
Alaska state legislators are preparing to issue subpoenas as part of an investigation into Gov. Sarah Palin's handling of the "troopergate" affair, but Palin herself won't be hit with one.
Palin won't be subpoenaed in 'Troopergate' probe
The state House and Senate judiciary committees will meet next week in Anchorage to issue subpoenas to key witnesses in the "Troopergate" investigation, but Gov. Sarah Palin will not be among those getting one, committee members just announced.
Palin won't face 'Troopergate' subpoena
Alaska legislators are preparing to issue subpoenas as part of an investigation into Gov. Sarah Palin's handling of the "Troopergate" affair, but Palin herself won't be hit with one.
Wooten tells his side of the story (CNN.com)
Palin aide bails on talking to Legislature
One of Gov. Sarah Palin's top aides was supposed to be interviewed Wednesday as a key witness in the investigation into her firing of Public Safety Commissioner Walt Monegan. But the aide, Frank Bailey, abruptly backed out.
Palin seeks review of Monegan firing case
Gov. Sarah Palin wants a state board to review the circumstances surrounding the dismissal of Public Safety Commissioner Walt Monegan -- taking the unusual step of making an ethics complaint against herself.
Attorney challenges Monegan firing inquiry
The state has hired a private lawyer to represent Gov. Sarah Palin's office in the Legislature's investigation into the firing of former Public Safety Commissioner Walt Monegan. The lawyer already has challenged whether lawmakers even have authority to oversee the inquiry.
PDF: Sen. Hollis French letter to Palin lawyers
Private lawyer hired to represent Palin in Monegan inquiry
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin -- Republican John McCain's pick for vice president -- now has a private lawyer representing her office in the investigation into the firing of her public safety commissioner.
PDF: Palin lawyer's letter to state investigator
Gov. Sarah Palin pardons a Thanksgiving turkey at Triple D Farm and Hatchery and answers questions about the holidays. [enlarge video].
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Gov. Sarah Palin's former public safety commissioner, Walt Monegan, discusses "Troopergate" and the governor's future in Alaska.
VIDEO
Palin talks about Bailey's call
Gov. Sarah Palin talks about the phone call her aide, Frank Bailey, made to a trooper lieutenant, pressuring him to fire a state trooper.
VIDEO
Public Safety Commissioner Charles Kopp announces he is stepping down after just two weeks on the job, citing scrutiny of a 2005 sexual harassment complaint.
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PALIN RETURNS
So many questions, so many strategic choices, so many complications that didn't exist a few short months ago.
State investigators are looking into the sudden dismissal of Alaska's former Department of Public Safety Commissioner, and whether a divorce and custody battle between Gov. Palin's sister and a state trooper, was behind it.
From a Wasilla childhood to vice presidential candidate, Sarah Heath Palin has made her mark on Alaska every step of the way.
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Coverage on the political world Gov. Palin has navigated through at many different levels.
Palin's signature project in office has been the The Alaska Gasline Inducement Act (AGIA). The plan to build a gas line through Alaska has many oil corporations at odds.
At one point the races with Sen. Ted Stevens and Rep. Don Young promised to be the highest-profile campaigns in Alaska history.
Read more about Gov. Palin's family, including stories about her surprising pregnancy announcement and the birth of her son, Trig.
PHOTOS
Photographer Marc Lester is blogging on Sarah Palin and the Republican National Convention in Minneapolis this week.
Gov. Sarah Palin pardons a Thanksgiving turkey at Triple D Farm and Hatchery and answers questions about the holidays. [enlarge video].
VIDEO
Tina Fey (and 'SNL') have made a killing off of impersonating Gov. Palin who, in turn, showed up on the show to give a little back.
SLIDE SHOW
Take a look back at the historic week at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minnesota, during which Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin accepted the party's nomination for vice president.
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Tailgaters in Wasilla drew a large crowd to watch Gov. Sarah Palin deliver her speech to the Republic National Convention.
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In her Republican National Convention speech, Gov. Palin makes reference to former Gov. Murkowski's luxury jet, which she publicly discarded after taking office. Take an inside tour of the jet before it was sold.
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In an interview with Anchorage Daily News reporter Tom Kizzia in September 2007, Alaska governor Sarah Palin talks about making the state self-sufficient.
Palin, back at work, calls criticism cruel
Anonymous attacks, claims follow Palin home
Can Palin resurrect the GOP? Does she want to?
Palin lies low as interview requests pile up
Palin returns to cold weather, warm welcome
Palin faces questions, different landscape when she returns to Alaska
"Not our moment," Palin tells Wasilla
Palin's hometown reacts to loss
Palin flies home to vote, heads to Phoenix
Report: Palin's health excellent
Personnel Board exonerates Palin
New Troopergate report clears Palin
Troopergate report to be released today
Palin uses taxes as pivot point in speeches
Palin speaks about step from Alaska onto national stage
Palin pranked on Canadian radio
Complaint targets Palins' travel
Palin says Stevens should resign
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