Get Wooten: The First Dude's Bullwinkle assault
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The following is an excerpt from the Memorandum In Support of Request For Due Process Hearing, filed by Walt Monegan to the State of Alaska Personnel Board.
In this passage, Monegan testifies about one of his initial discussions with Todd Palin over firing State Trooper Mike Wooten in January of 2007.
Page 45:
"Because Trooper Wooten had already been investigated and disciplined for the conduct raised by Todd Palin, in the absence of new information or new allegations, re-disciplining him for the same conduct was legally impermissable. Firing him for the conduct for which he had already been disciplined by Mr. Monegan's predecessor would almost certainly guarantee that Trooper Wooten would sue the State and that he likely would prevail.
Todd Palin clearly was displeased with this response. He suggested that criminal charges be filed against Trooper Wooten for illegally using his then-wife's permit to kill a moose.
Mr. Monegan advised that, because the incident had occurred more than three years earlier, it was unlikely that a prosecutor would persue the charge and, further, because the Governor's sister had willingly allowed Trooper Wooten to take the moose on her permit, and the Governor's parents had participated in butchering and consuming an animal they knew to have been illegally taken, Trooper Wooten might not be the only person a prosecutor would want to hold accountable.
Todd Palin reacted very negatively to that assessment and insisted that Trooper Wooten, and only Trooper Wooten should be charged."
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