Legal defense fund? Not according to investigations.
Instead, it would appear Sarah Palin’s illegal defense fund may have been a case of her abusing her position. The investigation, for which there was found probable cause to continue, claims that due to her position as a public official, Palin had an advantage on the fund raising front when it came to paying for her legal bills–bills she still says she’s collected to the tune of 500000 dollars. The investigating officer went on to say she should refuse payment from her defense fund, particularly until such time as it can be decided whether or not she actually did abuse her position in order to milk 250000 dollars out of her supporters for her defense against the supposedly unwarranted ethics complaints–one of which she filed against herself. Not to put too fine a point on it, but when an attempt to defend against ethics complaints results in a potential violation of your own ethics law, you may want to think about a strategy change. Or, at least, a career change.
