Democrat politician son indicted in Palin e-mail hack

David Kernell, a 20-year-old University of Tennessee student was officially indicted for intentionally accessing Governor Sarah Palin's e-mail account without authorization.

David Kernell is the son of long time Democrat State Rep. Mike Kernell of Memphis.

The elder Kernell is chairman of Tennessee's House Government Operations Committee and a well-known Barack Obama backer.

David Kernell was indicted Tuesday by a federal grand jury in Knoxville and faces a maximum of five years in prison, a $250,000 fine and three years of supervised release. Trial is set for Dec. 16.

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