Sarah Palin's Son Tried to Ban the Media from Covering His Case, It Didn't Work Out so Well
by Matt Naham | 1:48 pm, June 12th, 2018
The military veteran son of former Alaska governor and vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin has lost a bid to completely deny the media from covering his pending court case. Track Palin is currently accused of assaulting his father Todd Palin at his family’s home .
Local news video showed a bearded and sunglasses-wearing Track Palin, 29, exiting a courtroom at Anchorage’s Veterans Court, a court that KTVA said is designed to treat rather than jail offenders. Palin was allegedly drinking and on painkillers when he attacked his father last December.
Palin and his attorney Patrick Bergt filed a motion to “prohibit or limit” media access, but the judge did not agree that the media should be completely barred from covering the proceedings.
Bergt said that he hoped the judge would consider the possibility that the coverage would be a “distraction” to other veterans.
“Mr. Palin seeks to prohibit or limit the scope of the media’s access to his Veterans Court proceedings in the hopes that his case does not become a distraction to other veterans in the program,” he said.
Judge David Wallace responded by allowing the press in the courtroom but prohibiting cameras. He said that to prohibit the press from being there would be a violation.
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