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Alaska Republican Sen. Ted Stevens Indicted

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PlusAlaska Republican Sen. Ted Stevens IndictedAlaska Republican Sen. Ted Stevens IndictedThe Associated PressThe nation's longest-serving Republican senator was indicted Tuesday on 7 felony counts of concealing more than $250,000 in house renovations and gifts from a powerful oil contractor that lobbied him for government aid. (July 29)[Notes:ANCHOR VOICE] The nation's longest serving Republican senator is facing charges that he lied about accepting gifts and favors from a company that lobbied him on oil industry issues. Justice Department officials say employees from VECO (VEE-CO) corporation...a pipeline services company...helped renovate a home belonging to Senator Ted Stevens. Company executives allegedly gave him gifts to furnish the updated place, too.The Alaska senator was indicted by a federal grand jury on Tuesday.(( Acting Assistant Attorney General Matthew Friedrich, chief of the Justice Department's criminal division: According to the indictment, the total amt of gifts senator Stevens is alleged to have received over the duration of the offense is more than 250K. Also these items weren't disclosed on forms. He didn't repay or reimburse VEE-CO for these items.))Those items included a wrap-around deck...furniture and appliances...and a new Land Rover.Stevens managed to avoid reporters staking out his Washington office after the announcement. His office released a statement from the lawmaker saying: "It saddens me to learn that these charges have been brought against me...I am innocent and intend to prove that." Justice Department officials haven't been able to prove VECO got special treatment from Stevens in exchange for those gifts-- that would have triggered even more serious charges.As it stands, the Alaska lawmaker could face up to 5 years a pieces for each of the 7 felony counts against him.Cases like this one typically result in lighter penalties, but this one could have widespread political implications.Stevens is up for re-election and his party is working to re-claim its majority in the U-S Senate this November.

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Uploaded: December 31, 1969 at 3:59 pm
Author: AssociatedPress

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The1Real1Thomas (December 31, 1969 at 3:59 pm)
wait a second,and he wins the senate race of alaska?what does that say about the supporting vote in alaska?punishment only after a successful election?
BenAliGtor (December 31, 1969 at 3:59 pm)
Guilty on all counts! Enjoy your stay at Club Fed, you crooked geriatric scumbag! Maybe Sarah can get you a job driving the Zamboni in Wasilla when you get out.
Matt482942 (December 31, 1969 at 3:59 pm)
this is pretty nauseating...........i think i need to lie down for a while:-(
crowndwner (December 31, 1969 at 3:59 pm)
Fuck him! It's about time we got our pound of flesh...
hymierules (December 31, 1969 at 3:59 pm)
Just another Republican swirling down the poop shoot. The Republican party's seeds are finally sowing. Decades of lies and corruption are coming around to expose their hypocracy. Not that the Dems are much better. The world is going bankrupt, and people are waking up to the games that have been played. Pigs get fat, but Hogs get Slaughtered! Smells like dead Hog around here.
middletech (December 31, 1969 at 3:59 pm)
Now that he has been found guilty on all counts, I am waiting for the Republican Party to blame it on the Democrats.
dhale3c (December 31, 1969 at 3:59 pm)
Fine way to end your career. Caught. Crime never pays. No matter how many generations of taxpayers you think won't find out.
Moredread25 (December 31, 1969 at 3:59 pm)
Ted Stevens is the worst Senator in the Senate and they should censure him for bring such shame on the senate.
Neustria (December 31, 1969 at 3:59 pm)
Alaska politics, State Legislators, Congressmen, Senators, all - in particular since the advent of the oil economy, has been a hotbed of low level corruption and payoffs. Both parties have their hands in the tills. Though it is a sad state of affairs. Stevens is so powerful that he might have expected to pull and few strings and wiggle out of this one. It is very good news that such a senior figure has finally been brought to account.
Neustria (December 31, 1969 at 3:59 pm)
Sure, when a Republican gets caught out, it is always the Democrats who by their underhanded tricks set him up. Same old feeble minded argument directed to - and accepted by - the feeble minded.


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