Five state lawmakers want judge to stop Palin inquiry

FIVE state Republican lawmakers want a judge to stop an investigation into Alaska governor Sarah Palin’s firing of a public safety commissioner.

A bipartisan oversight committee had unanimously approved an inquiry into whether Palin, now the Republican vice presidential nominee, dismissed the commissioner because he wouldn’t fire her ex-brother-in-law, a state trooper.

In Anchorage Superior Court on Tuesday, three state representatives and two state senators sued to stop the investigation. Palin had said months ago that she welcomed the inquiry. The lawsuit called the investigation “unlawful, biased, partial and partisan”.

Earlier, it was revealed Palin will not cooperate with the inquiry into the matter, her campaign said.

Spokesman Ed O’Callaghan said on Monday the investigation had become “tainted” by Democratic state lawmakers targeting Palin, the governor of Alaska.

Last week Alaska lawmakers voted 5-3 to subpoena Palin’s husband Todd in the investigation.

In July Palin fired Public Safety Commissioner Walt Monegan, who has alleged that he was removed because of his resistance to pressure to dismiss Alaska state trooper Mike Wooten, the ex-husband of Palin’s sister Molly McCann.

Since Palin was made the Republican vice presidential nominee seven Alaskan agency heads and members of Palin’s executive staff have cancelled or refused to voluntarily schedule interviews with the investigator.