Sarah Palin's husband paid thousands for a hacker trial

The government paid nearly $ 2,500 for Sarah Palin's husband to come to trial, Tennessee college student who hacked into her e-mail -even though Todd Palin never testified, the court data.

All in all, the government paid more than $ 29,000 to fly members of the Palin family and other witnesses in Knoxville, the plaintiff sent to Alaska to research and pay for other travel expenses, in accordance with the Department of Justice records obtained by The Associated Press through a Freedom of information Act request. Air travel a total of about $ 18,600, and hotel bills totaled nearly $ 3,300.

Thousands of dollars spent by prosecutors helped them win a conviction of a felony and a misdemeanor charge against David Kernell, who ended a 10-month sentence on Wednesday. Prosecutors have said that Kernell is the penalty for hacking Palin's failed 2008 bid to be vice-president to intimidate any who believes hackers targeting candidates in next fall's presidential election.

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