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JUNEAU, Alaska, (AFP) - A senior Alaska state senator kept an abuse-of-power investigation of Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin on track Monday, rejecting Republican calls to remove the Democratic overseer of the probe.
The move made it possible that staff of Palin, the Alaska governor, could soon be subpoenaed to testify in the brewing "Troopergate" case, in which Palin is accused of sacking a senior state official for refusing to fire her sister's ex-husband from the state trooper force.
In television interviews on September 5, though, French said Palin would have a "credibility problem" if her staff continues to refuse to be interviewed.
He also said if Palin was involved in accessing confidential personnel file information, it would be a violation of state law.
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