http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/Story?id=5687512&page=2Former State Official Claims He Was Pressured to Fire Gov.'s Former Brother-in-Law
A woman who answered the phone at Wooten's house declined to put him on the phone, saying, "He's putting his children first ... and has nothing to say about the campaign or Palin."
Walt Monegan, former public safety commissioner of Alaska, claims governor Sarah Palin and her husband pressured Monegan to fire her former brother-in-law, a state trooper in a contentious divorce from Palin's sister Molly McCann.
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More PhotosThe legislative investigation centers on Palin's dismissal of Monegan, who says that he was contacted several times by the governor and her husband, Todd Palin, and that they pressured him to fire Wooten, who was locked in a contentious divorce and custody battle with Palin's sister, Molly McCann.
"Obviously, there was an issue," says Monegan, who claims that the governor talked to him twice and e-mailed him two or three times about the issue. "And did she want us to do more than discipline him? Yeah, anyone can tell you that.
"No one ever -- not her, not her staff -- has ever said, 'Fire Trooper Wooten,'" adds Monegan. "They all said, 'He's not the sort we'd like to have represent Alaska state troopers.' But the intention was clear."
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