troopergate update....

[spanone]

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The legal sideshow to Troopergate is advancing -- two court challenges to the state legislature's probe have been combined and are now set to be argued before a judge.

There has been no sign that the suits have altered the course of the investigation itself, which is expected to conclude Oct. 10.

Two weeks ago, five Republican lawmakers filed suit against the bipartisan panel which created the inquiry, the probe's manager and the special counsel spearheading it. Last week, the state attorney general - a Palin appointee - filed another suit, also aiming to stop the probe, claiming the legislature does not have the authority to investigate Palin.

An Alaska Superior Court judge combined the two suits on Monday, according to the Anchorage Daily News, and scheduled a hearing for Thursday.

http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/2008/09/probe-chall...

[vaberella]

1. This damn cover up pisses me off. n/t

[spanone]

2. you know she's not paying all these lawyers.....the rethug party is

[dkofos]

3. This cracks me up. They are investigating her for abuse of power,

and they are abusing power to shut the investigation down.

[LonelyLRLiberal]

4. I doubt people will get the supposed legal arguments and will recognize the real meaning of this.

which is, of course, to try to shut down the investigation and prevent negative press for McLame-Palin.