Troopergate

Troopergate

Troopergate may refer to:

*Alaska Public Safety Commissioner dismissal, allegations regarding Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, Republican nominee for Vice President of the United States in 2008
*Eliot Spitzer political surveillance controversy, allegations regarding New York Governor Eliot Spitzer
*Troopergate (Bill Clinton), allegations regarding Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton, later the forty-second President of the United States


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