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Sarah Palin's defense fund is legal
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[link to www.politico.com]
By ANDY BARR | 7/22/09 12:12 AM EDT
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“There has been no board finding of an ethics violation and there is a detailed legal process to follow before there is a final resolution,” said Van Flein.
“We will be contacting the appropriate authorities for review and action,” he said, referring to those involved in the release of the investigator's report.
The director of the governor's legal defense fund, longtime Palin friend and Wasilla resident Kristan Cole, also issued a statement reminding reporters “that this legal expense fund was thoroughly vetted by numerous attorneys from Alaska to the East Coast.”
“The purpose of the Trust is to help the Governor with the crushing legal fees she has incurred solely because of her public service," said Cole.
Despite announcing that she will resign at the end of July, Palin continues to be plagued by ethics complaints as she winds down her final days in office.
At least four complaints have been filed against Palin since she announced on July 3 that she was stepping down, bringing the total filed against her during her two and a half years in office to roughly 20. The exact number cannot be confirmed because the Alaska Department of Law does not comment on the complaints.
Self-described Alaska government watchdog Andrée McLeod has filed two of the most recent complaints, bringing the activist’s total to six since filing her first complaint last summer.
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McLeod’s most recent filing asserts that Palin violated the Alaska Executive Branch Ethics Act by failing to submit disclosure documents claiming gifts received within the last 30 days. McLeod pegged her complaint to a letter Palin wrote on June 15—a letter the governor wrote to protest against the deluge of ethics complaints—in which Palin pointed out that “there are boxes of unopened mail at this point, even mail that was delivered in 2008.”
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The vast majority of the complaints filed against the Alaska governor have come in the year since she was picked as Sen. John McCain’s (R-Ariz.) vice presidential running mate. Unlike the congressional ethics complaint process and the practices of numerous other states, any Alaska resident can file a complaint as long as it is submitted in writing, signed under oath and includes the details of the alleged violation.
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