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BREAKING: Troopergate Probe: Sarah Palin Abused Power As Alaska Governor

[media id=6569] (MSNBC's David Schuster's account of Troopergate, h/t Logan) The Alaska Legislature-commissioned investigation has found her guilty

(MSNBC's David Schuster's account of Troopergate, h/t Logan)

The Alaska Legislature-commissioned investigation has found her guilty of abusing her power to fire Walt Monegan.

A legislative committee investigating Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has found she unlawfully abused her authority in firing the state's public safety commissioner. The investigative report concludes that a family grudge wasn't the sole reason for firing Public Safety Commissioner Walter Monegan but says it likely was a contributing factor.

The Republican vice presidential nominee has been accused of firing a commissioner to settle a family dispute. Palin supporters have called the investigation politically motivated.

Monegan says he was dismissed as retribution for resisting pressure to fire a state trooper involved in a bitter divorce with the governor's sister. Palin says Monegan was fired as part of a legitimate budget dispute.

A copy of the report here.

More info as it develops.

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