( CNN ) -- Todd Palin and nine aides were found in contempt Friday by the Alaska Senate for failing to appear to testify in the Legislature 's `` troopergate '' investigation of his wife , Gov . Sarah Palin , a spokeswoman for the Alaska Democratic Party said . Todd Palin , shown campaigning in Virginia in 2008 , did n't testify , but submitted a statement in the case . But a Senate resolution said no one should be punished , because the 10 did submit statements to the investigator , the Anchorage Daily News reported . The governor 's office did not immediately respond to a request for comment . The investigation concerns the governor 's firing of the state 's public safety commissioner , Walter Monegan . A bipartisan commission in the state Legislature investigated allegations that Palin fired Monegan after he refused to sack her ex-brother-in-law , State Trooper Mike Wooten . The governor , first elected in 2006 , has denied wrongdoing . In court papers , Palin called her sister 's ex-husband a `` rogue trooper '' who threatened the governor 's family during a bitter divorce and custody battle . Complaints from Palin 's family led to a five-day suspension for the trooper in 2006 after his superiors found he had illegally shot a moose using his wife 's permit , drove his patrol car while drinking beer and used a Taser on his 10-year-old stepson `` in a training capacity . '' In an interview last year , Wooten said , `` I made mistakes . I 'fessed up to them . I was punished appropriately , and I 'm moving on . '' Palin was Republican Sen. John McCain of Arizona 's running mate in his unsuccessful campaign last year for U.S. president .
Todd Palin , nine aides found in contempt by Alaska Senate for failing to appear . The 10 wo n't be punished because they submitted statements , newspaper says . Legislature 's `` troopergate '' investigation concerns firing of public safety chief .