Sarah Palin troopergate report scandal is getting bigger,investigaions about troopergate report and Alaska supreme courts answer to this troopergate report still unknown. While these questions remains unknown we wanted to share a cool troopergate timeline with you readers. This is the troopergate timeline of 2008 :
2008 - FEB
2008 - Feb - tape recording made that showed Frank Bailey, the state’s director of boards and commissions, called Lt. Rodney Dial at the State Troopers about Wooten. (Listen to call here)
2008 - Jul 11 - Palin fires Public Safety Commissioner and former police chief Walter Monegan, hires Charles M. Kopp
2008 - Jul 19 - “Monegan went public, alleging that his firing was connected to his failure to remove Wooten.”
2008 - Jul (3rd week) - Andrew Halco’s blog highlights longstanding dispute between Palin family and Wooten.
2008 - Jul 25 - resignation of Charles M. Kopp (hired to replace chief Monegan) on sexual misconduct charges. He was given a $10,000 severance payment paid by the Gov.’s office.
2008 - Jul 29 - “The state legislature launches investigation, legislators agree to spend up to 100,000 to investigate Gov. Sarah Palin’s firing of Public Safety Commissioner Monegan. The governor asked the attorney general’s office to conduct an internal investigation. ” WaPo and TPM2008 - AUG
2008 - Aug 13 - initial investigation found “14 members of her administration made more than 20 calls to Monegan and other public safety officials regarding Mike Wooten since she became governor in 2006.” WaPo notes “only one call was determined to be improper, a tape-recorded conversation between Palin’s chief of boards and commissions, Frank Bailey, to a police lieutenant.”
2008 - Aug 13 - “Palin suspended Bailey with pay, saying she knew nothing about the call” and that he had acted alone (WaPo). That call had, in fact, been taped (Listen here)
2008 - Aug (mid) - governor’s office released the audiotape of Bailey: “Such evidence points to a violation of Wooten’s privacy” according to State Sen. Hollis French (WaPo)2008 - SEP
2008 - Sep (early) - efforts by McCain campaign to derail Alaska State investigation into Palin firing of Monegan.2008 - OCT
2008 - Oct 10 - new deadline set by investigation supervisor Hollis French for completion of Alaska State investigation into possible misconduct by Palin in firing of Monegan.
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