The trustees of the Alaska Permanent Fund Corp. are seen during a quarterly meeting on Friday, Feb. 16, 2024. (Photo by James Brooks/Alaska Beacon)
The trustees of the Alaska Permanent Fund Corp. are seen during a quarterly meeting on Friday, Feb. 16, 2024. (Photo by James Brooks/Alaska Beacon)

The board in charge of Alaska’s $80 billion trust fund has voted to hire a third-party law firm to investigate who leaked internal emails that indicated board member Gabrielle Rubenstein may have engaged in self-dealing.

The law firm, whose hiring was approved in a unanimous 6-0 vote on Thursday, will…