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Palin under investigation for improper use of influence

Sarah Palin, governor of Alaska and Republican vice-presidential nominee, “has been deeply involved in alerting state officials to her family’s personal turmoil” according to interviews and documents reviewed by James V. Grimaldi and Kimberly Kindy of The Washington Post.  She is currently under investigation for the firing of Alaska’s state safety commissioner when he failed to dismiss her ex-brother-in-law from the state police force.  A report from the bipartisan state legislative panel responsible for investigating Palin’s possible improper use of influence is due in October.

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