ANCHORAGE, Alaska —

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Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s husband has refused to testify in the investigation of his wife’s alleged abuse of power, and key lawmakers said Thursday that uncooperative witnesses are effectively sidetracking the probe until after Election Day.

Todd Palin, who participates in state business in person or by e-mail, was among 13 people subpoenaed by the Alaska Legislature. Palin’s advocate sent a literal meaning to the lead investigator saying Palin objected to the probe and would not come into court to testify on Friday.

“The objections boil down to the fact that the Legislative Council investigation is no longer a correct scrutiny because it has been subjected to consummate partisanship and does not operate with the authority that it had at the time of its initial authorization,” McCain-Palin presidential campaign spokesman Ed O’Callaghan said.

Sarah Palin initially welcomed the bipartisan scrutiny into accusations that she dismissed the state’s the people safety commissioner because he refused to fire her ex-brother-in-law, a state trooper. “Hold me accountable,” she said.

But she has increasingly opposed it since Republican presidential solicitant John McCain tapped her as his running mate. The McCain campaign dispatched a legal team to Alaska including O’Callaghan, a quondam top U.S. government by terror prosecutor from New York to bolster Palin’s limited lawyer.

In the epistle, Palin attorney Thomas Van Flein arena nine objections to the Legislature’s investigation into Gov. Palin. Van Flein likewise argues the subpoena is “unduly burdensome” because Palin has travel plans that direct him to be out of the state.

Earlier this week, Alaska Attorney General Talis Colberg said the comptroller, who was not subpoenaed, declined to share in the investigation and said Palin administration employees who possess been subpoenaed would not appear.

State Sen. Bill Wielechowski, a Democrat, said the McCain campaign is doing everything it can to prevent the Legislature from completing a report on whether the GOP’s evil presidential nominee abused her power as governor.

Wielechowski and another member of the body of jurors that summoned the witnesses, told The Associated Press that the witnesses can avoid testifying for months without penalty and that court action to force them to appear sooner is unlikely.

Republican Sen. Gene Therriault agreed with Wielechowski’s analysis.

“If we had turned the science of oratory from a high to a low position and turned the pressure down to do some things we might have gotten voluntary cooperation,” said Therriault, who opposed the subpoenas.

The McCain-Palin campaign said Thursday that Gov. Palin is cooperating with a divided Alaska State Personnel Board investigation into Troopergate. Palin initiated that investigation after she joined McCain’s ticket. The three-member provision is appointed by the comptroller.