...Troopergate scandal of 2008. Then-Gov. Sarah Palin was found to have abused her power by targeting her estranged former brother-in-law, trooper Mike Wooten.Palin later fired Department of Public Safety Commissioner Walt Monegan, who rebuffed...

...by the state Legislature to determine if she or others improperly tried to pressure Monegan to fire her estranged former brother-in-law, state trooper Mike Wooten, and then fired Monegan after he refused. As Republican presidential candidate...