FBI Says There Is No Palin Investigation

[Dos Equis]

But but but . . . the liberal bloggers and "Fox News" reported it.   

FBI Says There Is No Palin Investigation
Posted by Kevin Hechtkopf

The FBI has made particular note to say that Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, who announced her resignation for the end of the month, is not under investigation, the Anchorage Daily News reports.

"We are not investigating her," FBI spokesman Eric Gonzalez told the paper. "Normally we don't confirm or deny those kind of allegations out there, but by not doing so it just casts her in a very bad light. There is just no truth to those rumors out there in the blogosphere."

The unusual step from the FBI comes after Palin's attorney threatened legal action over the weekend to those who "propagate defamatory material" about the former Republican vice presidential nominee.

"To the extent several websites, most notably liberal Alaska blogger Shannyn Moore, are now claiming as 'fact' that Governor Palin resigned because she is 'under federal investigation' for embezzlement or other criminal wrongdoing, we will be exploring legal options this week to address such defamation," Thomas Van Flein said in a statement. "This is to provide notice to Ms. Moore, and those who re-publish the defamation, such as Huffington Post, MSNBC, the New York Times and The Washington Post, that the Palins will not allow them to propagate defamatory material without answering to this in a court of law."

The Anchorage Daily News reports that Moore, who alluded to the investigation during an appearance on MSNBC, fired back at Palin during a press conference on Sunday. She called Palin "a coward and a bully" and that she never claimed the rumors were fact but only pointed out they existed. "Shannyn Moore will not be muzzled," she said.

Palin's attorney Van Flein responded to Moore via the paper: "The Constitution allows anyone to print what they want, but it does not say you can do so with impunity and with a total disassociation from reality ... to be blunt: falsely implying that the governor, or her husband, are under federal investigation, is not free speech."

http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2009/07/06/politics/politicalhotsheet/entry5136351.shtml

[240 is Back]

Looks like FOX News dropped the ball on this one.

normally they're very accurate.

[Eyeball Chambers]

All your base are belong to us!

[24KT]

Looks like FOX News dropped the ball on this one.

normally they're very accurate.

For FoxNews to get it so wrong about not only a Republican, but a bible thumping abstinence only Republican, something is up. I think the GOP has decided she is too much of a liability and had to go. I think they threw her under the bus. We'll eventually find out.

[LurkerNoMore]

FAUX???  Hello?  FAUX???  What's the real story?

[BM OUT]

FAUX???  Hello?  FAUX???  What's the real story?

Has Olberman retracted that story about Palin plagerising a Newt speech yet?He had about 20 minutes on it on his show one night and it turned out to be a lie,just as EVERY story he has ever reported about her has been a lie.

[240 is Back]

For FoxNews to get it so wrong about not only a Republican, but a bible thumping abstinence only Republican, something is up. I think the GOP has decided she is too much of a liability and had to go. I think they threw her under the bus. We'll eventually find out.

Hey, FOX means well.  They do some sloppy work, mis-labeling repubs as dems when they're a scandal, etc.

But they mean well, and do okay most of the time.

[Dos Equis]

lol.  I guess Fox News just invented this quote out of thin air:

"We are not investigating her," FBI spokesman Eric Gonzalez told the paper. "Normally we don't confirm or deny those kind of allegations out there, but by not doing so it just casts her in a very bad light. There is just no truth to those rumors out there in the blogosphere."