Lawyers and Republican aides acting on behalf of Sarah Palin are engaged in a fierce legal battle to block an inquiry into the so-called troopergate affair, in which the vice-presidential candidate is accused of abusing her public office to wage a vendetta against her former brother-in-law. The bipartisan panel of the Alaskan state legislature in charge of the inquiry is ...

Lawyers and Republican aides acting on behalf of Sarah Palin areengaged in a fierce legal battle to block an inquiry into the so-called "Troopergate" affair, in which the vice-presidentialcandidate is accused of abusing her public office to wage apersonal vendetta against her former brother-in-law. The bi-partisan panel of the Alaskan state legislature in charge ofthe inquiry is coming under intense ...

Sarah Palin was forced to expend precious time and political capital over the weekend fighting to contain the fallout from the so-called Troopergate affair, following an official investigation in Alaska that reprimanded her for abusing her office as governor in pursuit of a family feud. Palin attempted to neutralise the findings into her official conduct by labelling the inquiry a ...

John McCain's team yesterday delivered a pre-emptive strike against the Troopergate investigation into Sarah Palin's alleged abuse of power in Alaska that could prove to be a costly distraction from his campaign. With only weeks left until the election and trailing badly, McCain's team sought to minimise potential damage from the investigation due to be published last ...