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.

Five state lawmakers want judge to stop Palin inquiry

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”.

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