ANCHORAGE, Alaska (CNN) -- Alaskan lawmakers investigating Gov. Sarah Palin’s firing of her public safety commissioner defended their probe to the state Supreme Court on Tuesday, three days before the deadline for their report.
Gov. Sarah Palin, the GOP nominee for vice president, campaigns Tuesday in Jacksonville, Florida.
Palin’s Republican allies have asked the court to shut down the legislators’ probe, and the justices are scheduled to hear arguments on the issue Wednesday. In a brief filed Tuesday afternoon, lawmakers allege the shutdown request is meant entirely "to avoid a negative impact on the fortunes of one political party."
Palin became the Republican nominee for vice president in August. Shortly afterward, five GOP lawmakers sued to block the probe into her July dismissal of former Public Safety Commissioner Walt Monegan.
Palin’s allies have argued that the legislative investigation is a Democratic-led witch hunt and that the state Personnel Board should instead lead the inquiry.
A judge in Anchorage dismissed their suit last week and upheld the legislators’ subpoenas for members of Palin’s administration, ruling that the Legislature could manage its own investigation. Read more...
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