Palin Aides to Testify on Troopergate

State employees who had argued that Alaska’s legislature lacked the power to call on them have agreed to testify in the so-called Troopergate probe investigating Sarah Palin’s motives in firing the state’s public-safety commissioner, the Anchorage Daily News reports. A state judge ruled last week against the seven, including Palin’s chief of staff, saying the legislature’s actions were within its power.

“Despite my initial concerns about the subpoenas, we respect the court's decision to defer to the Legislature,” said Alaska’s attorney general, who had fought the process. An investigator hired in July by a different legislative panel is expected to have his report on Palin’s questionable firing of Walt Monegan by Friday. (More Sarah Palin stories.)