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Sarah Palin not under FBI investigation, agency spokesman says
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News — ... of them published in the blogosphere, the FBI's Alaska spokesman said the bureau had no investigation into Palin for her activities as governor, as mayor or in any other capacity. "There is absolutely no truth to those rumors, that we're investigating her or getting ready to indict her," Special Agent Eric Gonzalez said in a phone interview Saturday. "It's just not true." Gonzalez added that there was "no wiggle room" in his comments that could exclude any kind of probe. Read more: http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-pa...

FBI On Palin: No Investigation
Riehl World View — ... Regarding rumors of a pending Palin investigation - not as far as the FBI is concerned.. Via the LA Times: Reporting from Washington -- A day after Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin resigned, a federal official in her home state dismissed one potential explanation for her sudden and unexpected resignation -- a rumored FBI investigation into the former Wasilla mayor on public corruption charges. Despite rumors of a looming controversy after Palin's surprise announcement Friday that she will leave office this month, some of them ...

Another Lefty Wet Dream Destroyed
Daily Pundit — Sarah Palin not under FBI investigation, agency spokesman says - Los Angeles Times Reporting from Washington — A day after Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin resigned, a federal official in her home state dismissed one potential explanation for her sudden and unexpected resignation — a rumored FBI investigation into the former Wasilla mayor on public corruption charges. Despite rumors of a looming controversy after Palin’s surprise announcement Friday that she will leave office this month, some of them published in the blogosphere, the ...

FBI Says Sarah Palin is Not Under Investigation
TalkLeft — Let's put the rumors to bed. The F.B.I. said today that soon to be former Governor Sarah Palin is not under investigation. No way. No how. ...[T]the FBI's Alaska spokesman said the bureau had no investigation into Palin for her activities as governor, as mayor or in any other capacity. "There is absolutely no truth to those rumors, that we're investigating her or getting ready to indict her," Special Agent Eric Gonzalez said in a phone interview Saturday. "It's just not true." Gonzalez added that there was ...

Palin Disputes Allegations of Federal Investigation, Threatens Alaskan Journalist, Mainstream Media Outlets With Defamation Suits
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"It's just not true"
Hyscience — ... of a pending investigation of a looming controversy after Sarah Palin's surprise announcement Friday that she will leave office this month - the L.A. Times reports that Secial Agent Eric Gonzalez said in a phone interview Saturday: "It's just not true." ...

Palin attorney threatens media
Political Animal — ... material without answering to this in a court of law," Van Flein warned, citing Alaska liberal blogger Shannyn Moore. Keep in mind, neither the New York Times nor the Washington Post made any reference to the embezzlement rumors, but Palin's lawyers apparently threatened the papers anyway, just in case editors were thinking about looking into the allegations. I can't speak to the veracity of the embezzlement accusations, though an FBI official said yesterday the governor is not a target of a public corruption investigation. That said, the threatening letter seems like ...

Sarah Palin Not Subject of FBI Investigation
Wizbang — This comes from an FBI agency spokesman , so there's absolutely no doubt about it. The rumors and lies on the left wing blogs that she resigned because she's the subject of an FBI investigation are just that, rumors and lies: A day after Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin resigned, a federal official in her home state dismissed one potential explanation for her sudden and unexpected resignation: a rumored FBI investigation into the former Wasilla mayor on public corruption charges. Despite rumors of a looming controversy after the Republican governor's surprise announcement Friday that ...

Palin threatens to sue media outlets for publication of investigation rumors.
Think Progress — ... The LA Times reports today that “the FBI’s Alaska spokesman said the bureau had no investigation into Palin for her activities as governor, as mayor or in any other capacity.” “There is absolutely no truth to those rumors that we’re investigating her or getting ready to indict her,” Special Agent Eric Gonzalez told the Times. It is not clear if this also applies to ...

Just Stupid
Balloon Juice — ... According to the LA Times, the FBI says Sarah is not under active investigation. Which means she isn’t a crook, she’s just criminally stupid for quitting her four year governorship two years in because she wants to avoid being a lame duck, even though she could run again. ...

FBI Denies Investigating Palin As Palin’s Lawyer Warns Media About Defamatory Material
The Moderate Voice — Did anyone really think soon-to-be resigned and former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin intended to go quietly into the political night? She never said that — and now some new legal news related event attests to that. First, the FBI quickly shot down reports suggesting that Palin is being investigated on corruption charges. Meanwhile, Palin’s lawyer issued a stern warning to the news media that Palin will go after those who pick up and publish defamatory, speculative material from weblogs. Fading away, this exactly ain’t… The FBI: ...

palin 2012...somebody else 2014!
skippy the bush kangaroo — apparently there are no pending indictments, if you can believe the fbi...latimes: despite rumors of a looming controversy after the republican governor's surprise announcement friday that she would leave office this month, some of them published in the blogosphere, the ...

FBI Agent: Palin Not Under Investigation
Tennessee Guerilla Women — "There is absolutely no truth to those rumors that we're investigating her or getting ready to indict her," Special Agent Eric Gonzalez said in a phone interview Saturday. "It's just not true." He added that there was "no wiggle room" in his comments for any kind of inquiry. ...

No Palin Investigation
Rhymes With Right — ... comes from the FBI , so those leftists claiming imminent federal indictments of the Alaska governor had better start retracting their claims -- and perhaps prepare to name their allegedly reliable sources upon which they based their posts and articles. A day after Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin resigned, a federal official in her home state dismissed one potential explanation for her sudden and unexpected resignation: a rumored FBI investigation into the former Wasilla mayor on public corruption charges. Despite rumors of a looming controversy after the Republican governor's ...

Midday Open Thread
Daily Kos — Sarah Palin and her attorneys are threatening lawsuits against any media outlets speculating about investigations into financial improprieties relating to the Palins and the Wasilla Sports Complex. In related news, Alaska's FBI spokesperson says there is no FBI investigation of the Governor. Meanwhile, Levi Johnston is said to be shopping a tell all book. Appearing on CBS' Face the Nation, Chuck Schumer guaranteed a public option in the final version of a health care bil. Discussion of ...

Palin "getting truth to u" through Twitter
Ben Smith's Blog — ... The link goes to this LA Times story, in which an FBI Special Agent Eric Gonzalez says unequivocally, "There is absolutely no truth to those rumors that we're investigating her or getting ready to indict her." ...

links for 2009-07-05
FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog — ... (tags: sarah_palin) Shocka: Sarah Palin not under FBI investigation, agency spokesman says A day after Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin resigned, a federal official in her home state dismissed one potential explanation for her sudden and unexpected ...

Links for 2009-07-05 [del.icio.us]
FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog — Karl Rove: Sarah Palin’s Political Future May Be a Question Mark If Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin ’s resignation was partly based on avoiding media attention it raises questions about her potential presidential run in 2012, a top former White House official said Sunday. “The media, if she wants to run for president, is going to be following her intensely for the next three years,” said Karl Rove, an adviser to President George W. Bush . Shocka: Sarah Palin not under FBI investigation, agency spokesman says A day after Alaska Gov. Sarah ...

Dissecting Leftism — ... this month, some of them published in the blogosphere, the FBI's Alaska spokesman said the bureau had no investigation into Palin for her activities as governor, as mayor or in any other capacity. "There is absolutely no truth to those rumors that we're investigating her or getting ready to indict her," Special Agent Eric Gonzalez said in a phone interview Saturday. "It's just not true." He added that there was "no wiggle room" in his comments for any kind of inquiry. Source ************************ ELSEWHERE The Fascists are back in ...

Taylor Marsh: Sarah Palin's Second Chance
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... "There is absolutely no truth to those rumors that we're investigating her or getting ready to indict her," Special Agent Eric Gonzalez said in a phone interview Saturday. "It's just not true." He added that there was "no wiggle room" in his comments for any kind of inquiry. - Sarah Palin not under FBI investigation, agency spokesman says ...

ABC 'Nightline' Settles Palin Scandal: No Federal Investigation, Since Her Former Employee Says So
The BRAD BLOG — ... And, as if that's not definitive enough to end any and all such "conspiracy theories" from "Internet bloggers" about the possibilities of any such investigation, Nightline then also informs us of the denial from an FBI spokesperson in Alaska (as originally reported by the LA Times) who "came out with a statement on Sunday saying we are not investigating her." ...

Alinsky Perfected Part IV: Two more complaints filed since Palin resignation, costs to Alaskans $26K less than 1.9 mil…
Flopping Aces — ... I’ll let you follow the links to the story about that. But this is already old news as well. In Zane’s dumb ass defense, I guess someone had to try to seque into a fantasy FBI investigation by bringing up expenses on Palin’s Wasilla home. This, oddly enough, also sorta threads back into the repetitive “TravelGate” attempts by Frank Gwartney in ethics complaint #8 in Party II. ...

Sarah Palin and the Scum of the Earth
RedState: Conservative News and Community — ... of the campaign of innumerable falsehoods flung at Palin daily through the campaign, such as when Elisabeth Bumiller of the New York Times reported falsely that Palin had belonged to an Alaskan third party without bothering to consult voter registration records showing that she’s been a registered Republican since being old enough to vote. The Left keeps up the campaign of deliberate smears even now, inventing a story that Palin was resigning under an FBI investigation, which an FBI spokesman unequivocally denied: ...

The Palin Mega-Scandal That Never Was (Or Is Yet to Be)
Hit & Run — ... smart money earlier this month—or at least a fair portion of it—was on the prediction that some slam-dunk scandal about to hit the news would explain Sarah Palin's bizarre announcement that she'll be resigning as Governor of Alaska. The prediction made sense, though a lot of its appeal came from pure Palinfreude. Even writers who didn't endorse it still gave it airplay. Thusfar, though, that prediction has fallen flat. A few new ethics complaints have surfaced since she announced her ...