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thecarpetbaggerreport.com - 7/30/2008
Down the Tubes: Sen. Ted Stevens (R) indicted
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Exactly one year ago this week, agents from the FBI and the IRS raided Sen. Ted Stevens’ (R) home in Alaska — the first ever such rain on a sitting senator’s home — as “part of a broad federal investigation of political corruption in the state that has also swept up his son and one of his closest financial backers.” It was a sign that Stevens’ future ...

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More on Ted Stevens, "patronage-distributing warlord"
The Reaction — By Michael J.W. Stickings Who, as you likely already know, has been indicted. Steve Benen explains: Looks like the senator best known for his "bridge to nowhere" may be heading down the bridge to jail. To be sure, everyone deserves the presumption of innocence, but the details of this scandal look really bad for Stevens. The central focus of all of this stems from Veco Corp., an oil-services company, which generously remodeled Ted Stevens' house in an ...

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Ted Stevens is an institution; his indictment is another blow to the Senate. See also: Reelection in doubt
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The saga that culminated in Sen. Ted Stevens' indictment Tuesday began in 2000.
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Ted Stevens's indictment yesterday could not have occurred at a more politically inopportune time for the senator from Alaska or for his fellow Republicans.
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Indicted Sen. Ted Stevens will make his first court appearance Thursday afternoon in Federal District Court in Washington, according to court records.