Vetted, like I vet a beer before drinking. Here's the interesting part, in any other case this would scream for resignation from the campaign. Perhaps I will win my hypothetical "Vermonster" beer yet.

An investigation has concluded that Gov. Sarah Palin abused her power in pushing for the firing of an Alaska state trooper, according to a report unanimously released by the Legislative Council.

The report by investigator Steve Branchflower found that Palin violated the state's executive branch ethics act, which says that "each public officer holds office as a public trust, and any effort to benefit a personal or financial interest through official action is a violation of that trust."

Anchorage Daily News

The report explains that Palin’s actions amount to a violation of the state Ethics Act. In fact, the case is “one of the very reasons the Ethics Act” was established in the first place.

The question now: what happens to Palin?

Chairman of the Legislative Council, Sen. Kim Elton (R-Juneau), told me in an interview shortly after the report was released that he has confidence in the integrity of the report, but is not prepared to start considering taking action against Palin.

“This is like ‘truth and consequences,”" Elton said, standing in a hallway of the Anchorage legislative offices where the report was released. “Today I will say we got the truth. The facts are now in the public. I’m not prepared to go to consequences.”

The Washington Independent