Not sure if she did or not, that is what is under investigation.
Oh yes, there most certainly is a scandal. It is a local issue, but here her announcement came as a mega surprise because she hadnt been talked about in months for VP, and she has made several really questionable calls in the last 3 months, and this has been major news.
True, and I see where you are going with this. But Monegan was rather popular and in line with her fundamentally about policy and politics and had worked to get her elected. The one thing that smells funny is whether she was the one calling the shots on the attempts at getting Trooper Wooten fired or what. The first Dude has his hands all over this actually. But there is something not right in this situation. It would be like Bush waking up tomorrow and telling Condi Rice she is fired because she wouldnt fire someone else for not even political gain, but domestic family gain. That would certainly raise questions.
Attack Dems all you want, it is the far right wing of her party that is raising the most hell. 
But she nor they have the power to do that. There is a way of going about this. They filed complaints, and investigations were made into the trooper. He was at one point suspended from duty, but otherwise cleared of all charges years ago. A governor need not interfere with the career of a single trooper because he used to be married to her sister. In Alaska nepotism is strife, no question, but getting involved in legal matter like this steps over the line.
