Raw Story:
The former public safety commissioner at the center of an ongoing investigation into whether Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin abused her power by firing her has handed over e-mails he says prove he was not insubordinate, according to a local news report.KTUU television says Walter Monegan has given investigators e-mails that show he was a responsible steward of his department's budget and did not defy his bosses, undercutting arguments released by John McCain's presidential campaign, which has all but taken over operations in running-mate Palin's state office.
The campaign claims Monegan made unauthorized trips to Washington and asked for earmarks without approval of the governor.Monegan admits he sent a letter asking for $1.8 million for an anti-gang initiative in Mountain View, but said he never made unauthorized trips to Washington.He said the lack of communication between departments wasn't on his behalf.
"There's not a lot of input or requests ... or inclusion of anybody from DPS in this," Monegan said in a phone interview. "So I would submit that if there's a communication breakdown, given that my trip was approved by the chief of staff and yet still discussed by the rest of the staff, that it might be realistically a breakdown in communications within the governor's office more than anybody else."
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