The latest? Her connection to convicted influence-peddling felon Jack Abramoff.
As mayor of Wasilla, Palin oversaw the hiring of Robertson, Monagle & Eastaugh, an Anchorage-based law firm with close ties to Alaska's most senior Republicans: Rep. Don Young and Sen. Ted Stevens, who was indicted in July on charges of accepting illegal gifts. The Wasilla account was handled by the former chief of staff to Stevens, Steven W. Silver, who is a partner in the firm. …
Other tidbits from the story include how a trip to D.C. became an annual Mecca for money for “Mayor Reform” and other Wasilla officials, netting about $27 million in earmarks over several years. That’s for a town of less than 10,000 people.
And Talking Points Memo spells out the Silver-Abramoff connections.
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