Sarah Palin’s $50,000 Background Check

Palin indicates that in the months leading up to her resignation as Alaska governor in July, her legal bills rose to more than $500,000. Part of that was incurred fighting what she calls frivolous ethics complaints. But what appeared to upset and disturbed her most was that about $50,000 (of the legal bills) was her share of the expenses for being vetted to become McCain’s running mate.

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Palin writes that when she asked the Republican National Committee officials and the McCain campaign if they would help her financially, she was told that the legal bills would have been covered for her if the McCain had won, but since he lost, the bills were her responsibility.

Disputing her claim is Trevor Potter, general counsel for the McCain campaign, who has indicated that the campaign had never asked Palin to pay a legal bill.   “To my knowledge, the campaign never billed Gov. Palin for any legal expenses related to her vetting, and I am not aware of her ever asking the campaign to pay legal expenses that her own lawyers incurred for the vetting process,” he said.

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