ANCHORAGE , Alaska ( CNN ) -- Alaska Gov . Sarah Palin 's husband wo n't comply with a subpoena issued by state lawmakers investigating her firing of Alaska 's public safety commissioner , the McCain-Palin campaign said Thursday . Gov . Sarah Palin has refused to cooperate with an inquiry into the firing of her public safety commissioner . A state Senate committee is scheduled to meet Friday to take statements from the 12 people they subpoenaed last week , including Todd Palin . But McCain-Palin spokeswoman Maria Comella said Todd Palin would not face a `` fair hearing '' before the Senate Judiciary Committee . The campaign has stepped up its attacks on the Legislature 's investigation of Public Safety Commissioner Walt Monegan 's firing in the past week , saying the governor wo n't cooperate with an inquiry that it says is `` tainted '' by partisan politics . In a new twist , Comella said Alaska state law bars ethics investigations of people running for elected office . `` That law was passed to insulate legislative investigations from exactly the kind of political maneuvering we are seeing in this inquiry , '' she said . One Judiciary Committee member said lawmakers would have little recourse if witnesses refused to comply with the subpoenas . Only the full Senate , which does not reconvene until January , can vote to hold them in contempt , state Sen. Bill Wielechowski said . `` It appears that the McCain campaign is now very heavily involved in this , and they 're attempting to stonewall the investigation , '' Wielechowski , a Democrat , said just before Thursday 's announcement . The law campaign officials cited appears to apply to candidates for state office , while Sarah Palin is seeking a federal job . But another campaign spokesman , Taylor Griffin , said the subpoenas violate `` the spirit of the law , if not the letter . '' In addition , state Attorney General Talis Colberg told lawmakers Tuesday that state employees would n't comply with subpoenas because the governor `` has declined to participate '' in the inquiry . Colberg said Sarah Palin 's refusal puts them in the position `` of having to choose where their loyalties lie . '' Watch how the trooper probe has become political » . The governor originally pledged to cooperate with the state Legislature 's investigation of her July dismissal of Monegan . Since his firing , Monegan has accused Palin of trying to pressure him into firing her former brother-in-law , a state trooper who had been involved in an acrimonious divorce from the governor 's sister . Palin has said Monegan was dismissed over budget disagreements and denies any wrongdoing . Since becoming Sen. John McCain 's running mate , she has argued that the investigation belongs before the state Personnel Board , whose members are appointed by the governor , though its current three members were appointed by her predecessor . The resistance was fueled by remarks made in early September by Judiciary Committee Chairman Hollis French , a Democrat . In an interview with ABC News , French said the investigation -- which had been scheduled to wrap up at the end of October -- could present an `` October surprise '' for the GOP ticket . Palin initially denied that anyone in her administration or family had pressed for action against her former brother-in-law , Mike Wooten , whom she has branded a `` rogue trooper . '' But in August , just two weeks before her nomination , she acknowledged that members of her staff had contacted Monegan 's office nearly two dozen times about the trooper and suspended one aide whose February call to a state police lieutenant on the matter was tape-recorded . And Todd Palin was a `` principal critic '' of Wooten and had `` many contacts '' with Department of Public Safety officials about his status , Stephen Branchflower , the former prosecutor hired by the state Legislature to investigate the firing , told lawmakers last week . The controversy has led to more scrutiny of Todd Palin 's role in his wife 's administration . Documents released during the Monegan inquiry suggest that the oil-rig worker and champion snowmobile racer , nicknamed the `` first dude , '' has been copied in on e-mails on numerous issues ranging from public criticism of the governor to meetings with corporate leaders . But Palin spokeswoman Meg Stapleton said Todd Palin 's role in the administration `` has not been inappropriate . '' `` His role is that he has been in and out of meetings that were appropriate , '' Stapleton said .
Todd Palin wo n't comply with lawmakers ' subpoenas , McCain camp says . Score: 6 Spokeswoman says law bars ethics inquiries of candidates . Leader of investigation says it will continue until otherwise ordered .