Lots of pressure from Palins, aides to remove trooper

Oct. 9, 2008
The 2007 state fair was days away when Alaska's public safety commissioner, Walt Monegan, took another call about one of his troopers, Michael Wooten. This time, the director of Gov. Sarah Palin's Anchorage office was on the line. As Monegan recalls it, the...
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