Sarah Palin

Report: Palin Pulled Down $12 Million Over Past Year

Justin Elliott | April 26, 2010, 9:12AM

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin

Sarah Palin has spent the last year banking $12 million from book sales, speaking fees, a reality show contract, and the lucrative deal that made the former Alaska governor an official Fox News contributor, according to a report in New York.

The lengthy story locates Palin's drive to cash in partly in the hefty legal bills she racked up during investigations into the Troopergate abuse of power scandal that dogged her during the 2008 campaign.

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