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Ted Stevens testifies that he always paid his own bills

 

Published 10/17/2008 at L.A. Times - Politics

The Alaska senator says at his corruption trial that he took out a mortgage to pay for renovations on his house. His lawyers introduce e-mails in which he insisted he'd pay for escalating costs. > WASHINGTON -- Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens sought to portray himself at his corruption trial today as an honest, bill-paying citizen who took special pains to comply with Senate financial disclosure rules. (link)

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