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  Monegan says he was pressured to fire cop [Palin scandal]
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Last EditedCOSDem  Jul 22, 2008 08:04pm
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News DateSunday, July 20, 2008 02:00:00 AM UTC0:0
DescriptionFormer Department of Public Safety Commissioner Walt Monegan on Friday said that since Gov. Sarah Palin took office, members of her administration and family pressured him to fire a Palmer Alaska State Trooper to whom her sister was involved in a bitter child custody battle.

Monegan said phone calls and questions from the Palin administration and the governor's husband, Todd Palin, about trooper Mike Wooten started shortly after Monegan was hired and continued up to one or two months ago.

The governor herself also had a brief conversation with him about Wooten in February, Monegan said
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