Sarah Palin Scandal

Former Alaska governor Sarah Palin is frequently reported to be involved in scandal, or at least the rumor of scandal. The latest allegations made against Palin are leveled by the father of her daughter, Bristol's child, Levi Johnston. Johnston claims in Vanity Fair that Palin had a plan to keep her daughter's pregnancy secret and adopt the child herself.http://www.vanityfair.com/online/daily/2009/09/levi-johnston.html

Divorce was the subject of a flurry of rumors in August 2009. The website Alaska Report posted a story on August 1, 2009, stating "multiple sources in Wasilla and Anchorage have confirmed the news."http://alaskareport.com/news39/x71283_divorce_palins.htm A Palin spokesperson denied the rumors in a Facebook post on Palin's account.http://www.facebook.com//note.php?note_id=1110607184342

On July 21, 2009 an independent investigator of Palin ethic complaints found that her legal defense fund may violate ethics rules.http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/21/report-questions-palin-legal-defense-fund/?hp

Palin announced her resignation as governor of Alaska on July 3, 2009 and officially stepped down July 26, 2009. Her sudden announcement sparked a flurry of rumors as to the reason and reporting surfaced that she was under criminal investigation for embezzlement.http://www.examiner.com/x-11470-Newport-News-Conservative-Examiner~y2009m7d5-FBI-debunks-Palin-indictment Attorneys for Palin countered by issuing a press release denying that a criminal investigation loomed. http://gretawire.blogs.foxnews.com/2009/07/04/from-palins-lawyer/

The investigation centers around allegations that Sarah Palin fired Alaska Public Safety Commissioner Walt Monegan in July 2008 because Monegan refused to fire Alaska State Trooper Mike Wooten. Wooten had divorced Palin's sister, Molly McCann, in 2005.The Anchorage Press: Anatomy of a Scandal (July 23, 2008)

In March 2008, Palin announced to stunned co-workers that she was seven months pregnant, although many commented that she didn't look pregnant.Adn.com: Secret's out: Palin pregnant (March 6, 2008) On April 18, 2008, Palin prematurely gave birth to Trig Palin, a son born with Down Syndrome. Unsubstantiated rumors emerged around the time of her pregnancy announcement that the baby was not actually hers, but her daughter Bristol's, a 17-year-old high school junior.Reddit: Gov. Palin Announced She Was Pregnant. Local Rumors... (March 2008)

Palin has admitted that she smoked and inhaled marijuana when she was younger, but maintained that she didn't like it.Alaska Daily News: Same-sex unions, drugs get little play (August 6, 2006) She also noted that marijuana was legal in Alaska during the time that she tried the drug.NORML: Legal To Possess Four Ounces of Marijuana in Alaska... (September 11, 2003)

• Google Groups: Sarah Palin Lies About Her 16 Yr. Old Unmarried Daughter's Down Syndrome Baby (August 29, 2008)

• Daily Kos: Who's Your Mama, Trig Paxson Van Palin? (August 29, 2008)

• Democratic Underground: Sarah's 16 Year-old Unmarried Daughter Pregnant (August 29, 2008)

• Adn.com: Secret's out: Palin pregnant (March 6, 2008)

• Reddit: Gov. Palin Announced She Was Pregnant. Local Rumors... (March 2008) Comments

• AndrewHalcro.com: Shadow Governor? (July 24, 2008)