Track Palin spent a year deployed in Iraq with the Army. A Palin family attorney, John Tiemessen, earlier told The Associated Press that respect for the family’s privacy is appreciated “as Track receives the help that he and many of our returning veterans need.” 
 
 On Wednesday, Sarah Palin suggested Obama’s performance as Commander in Chief is related to the struggles of veterans like her oldest son. Information from NBC, CNN, Associated Press 
 
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 By Paula Dobbyn and Kyle Hopkins / KTUU 
 
 The son of former Alaska governor Sarah Palin appeared in court today on misdemeanor charges related to a domestic violence incident last night at the 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee’s Wasilla home. The charges were filed Tuesday, the same day Sarah Palin endorsed Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump before voting begins with the Iowa caucuses. Police Officer Andrew Kappler wrote that he arrived at the Wasilla home and found Track Palin walking outside and talking on a phone. The officer said Palin had an injury to his right eye and surrounding area, smelled strongly of alcohol and acted with escalating hostility, prompting Kappler to put him in handcuffs. The affidavit says other officers found the girlfriend hiding under a bed inside the home and crying. He was belligerent until his mother told him to talk to a police officer. According to the three-page affidavit, both Palin and his girlfriend called 911 that night. Palin denied using a weapon during the argument but said “they were spread throughout both residences on the property.” 
 
 A breath test showed Palin with a blood alcohol content of 0.189, more than twice the legal limit to drive. The argument continued at the home, according to the affidavit, which says Palin struck the woman with his fist on the left side of her head near her eye. She curled up in the fetal position because she didn't know what else he would do, the woman told police. She said he then kicked her in the knee and threw her phone across the driveway, according to the court document. The woman said she went inside after getting her phone. He cocked it and was holding the rifle out from him with his right hand near the trigger and his left hand near the barrel, according to the police statement. Inside, Palin held the rifle, with the barrel just away from his face pointed to the side, the affidavit states. The affidavit adds that the woman told police Palin was yelling "Do you think I won't do it?" The girlfriend “was concerned that he would shoot himself and ran outside and around the house.” She didn't see where Palin went, so she went inside and up the stairs, where she hid under a bed. The court documents say the woman, Track Palin's girlfriend of one year, had bruising and swelling around her left eye, and she said her right knee hurt after Palin kicked her there. FILE- This Sept. 3, 2008 file photo shows Track Palin, son of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, was scheduled to appear in court today on charges of fourth-degree assault, interfering with a report of domestic violence and misconduct involving a weapon, court records show. Sarah Palin, during the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minn. Track Palin was arrested in a domestic violence case... (Associated Press) 
 
 Track Palin, 26, is charged with assault, interfering with the report of a domestic violence crime and possessing a weapon while intoxicated in connection with the incident Monday night at the Wasilla home of his parents, where he lives, according to an affidavit by police. Palin's arraignment was held Tuesday, but Tiemessen was not sure if he entered a plea yet.
– While Sarah Palin was endorsing Donald Trump in Iowa, her oldest child was facing domestic violence charges in Alaska. According to court documents obtained by Gawker, Track Palin, 26, was arrested at his parents' home on Monday night after an ugly incident in which he allegedly punched and kicked his girlfriend before threatening to shoot himself. In an affidavit, a police officer says he went to a Wasilla residence after separate 911 calls were received from the woman and from Palin, who told dispatchers the woman was drunk. The officer says that when he saw Palin outside, "his eyes were bloodshot and I detected a strong odor of alcohol on his breath and person. Upon contacting Palin, he was uncooperative, belligerent, and evasive with my initial line of questions." The officer says he handcuffed Palin, and other officers found the woman hiding under a bed in the residence. According to the affidavit, she said that after an altercation in which Palin hit her in the face and threw her phone, she went inside and "found Palin holding a gun with the barrel pointed near his face and saying, 'Do you think I won't do it?'" KTUU reports that Palin was released on bail Tuesday after pleading not guilty to fourth-degree assault, interfering with a domestic violence report, and misconduct involving a weapon. A Palin family attorney tells the AP that the family wants privacy while Track, who spent a year in Iraq while serving in the Army, "receives the help that he and many of our returning veterans need." (In 2014, Track and other Palins were involved in a huge brawl.)