WASILLA, Alaska – The trustee for the legal defense fund set up to help Gov. Sarah Palin lashed out at the news media and the Eagle River resident who filed an ethics complaint against the governor.
Trustee Kristan Cole of Wasilla says the Alaska Fund Trust was created and vetted by a team of lawyers from around the country who are experts in state and federal law.
Cole says the only lawyer who ever questioned the fund’s legality is Thomas Daniel, the investigator hired by the state personnel board.
Cole also says Palin, a personal friend, has never been involved with the trust. She says the governor has never accepted any money from the fund.
Cole says legal action is being considered against the person who leaked the investigator’s confidential report to The Associated Press.
