Troopergate Revealed: Gov. Palin's Side

The McCain campaign was slow to provide this information and head off the corruption charges before they were even hatched.  This stuff should have hit the wires on the same day as she was announced as VP.  Palin states that the trooper Mike Wooten was a real scumbag and still holds his job probably because of some idiotic law or something.

In 2005, before Palin ran for office, the Palin family accused trooper Mike Wooten of drinking beer in his patrol car, illegally shooting a moose and firing a Taser at his 11-year-old stepson. Palin and her husband, Todd, also claimed Wooten threatened to kill Sarah Palin's father. Wooten, who hasn't returned numerous phone calls left by The Associated Press this week, was suspended over the allegations for five days in 2006 but still has his job.

In July, the legislature launched a $100,000 investigation into whether Palin abused her power in firing Monegan. The Alaska attorney general's office hired Anchorage attorney Thomas Van Flein to represent Palin and members of her staff in this investigation.