I guess they realized how bad this looked

Palin will reportedly assist the ‘Troopergate’ probe she requested.

On Sept. 2, just after she was chosen as John McCain’s running mate, Sarah Palin filed an ethics complaint against herself with the state’s Personnel Board in an effort to squelch the state legislature’s investigation into her firing of the state Public Safety Commissioner. The Personnel Board consists of three members appointed by Palin’s predecessor, Frank Murkowski (Palin re-appointed one of them). The McCain campaign recently sent lawyers to Alaska to shut down the investigation. But according to ABC News, Palin may now cooperate with her own inquiry:

Attorneys for Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin met with a special investigator for the Alaska Personnel Board earlier today to broker her cooperation with the panel’s own probe of the scandal now known as “Troopergate,” according to sources close to the matter.

Update: The McCain campaign says Palin fired former Public Safety Commissioner Walt Monegan because he traveled to D.C. "to seek federal money for investigating and prosecuting sexual assault cases."

(Think Progress)
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Interesting that their latest excuse is a trip to D.C. - that Palin's office approved - to seek money for prosecuting sexual assault cases, something that we know that Palin does not care about.
According to those involved, this is standard procedure for someone in Monegan's position and obviously, it was for a good cause. Does Palin really want to use that as an excuse?
I guess when you don't have a real excuse you need to come up with something, no matter how bad...