Demonstrating that no setback for Sarah Palin which can be portrayed
as a rebuke is too insignificant or relevant for Katie Couric, she made
time on Thursday's CBS Evening News to inform her viewers about a
disputable technical violation of arcane law:
One little word will cost Sarah Palin a small fortune. Today, state investigators in Alaska said a legal defense fund she set up while she was Governor was illegal. They said the use of the word "official" on the fund's Web site implied it was endorsed by the office of the Governor. Palin's lawyer says she will return the fund's nearly $400,000.
Unmentioned by Couric? How Timothy Petumenos, the
investigator/counsel for the Alaska Personnel Board which issued the
ruling, absolved Palin of blame. "Petumenos found the 2008 GOP vice
presidential nominee acted in good faith and relied on the advice of
lawyers when setting up the fund," the Anchorage Daily News reported [1] in an afternoon
posting.
PDF of the board's report [2], which noted: "Governor
Palin complied fully with AS 39.52.210(a) by declining to take any
proceeds from the Trust once the Complaint was filed pending resolution
of this matter."
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