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Ted 'Tubes' Stevens Indicted
Taylor Marsh —
... Lying, cheating crooks, sucking money into their own private world to make their lives better, while the American public sucks on it. That’s today’s Republican Party in a nutshell. ...
Senator Ted Stevens Indicted.--
The Volokh Conspiracy —
One of the country’s leading pork-barrel politicians, Senator Ted Stevens (R-Alaska), has been indicted on corruption charges, CNBC reported at 12:50pm. Interestingly, CNBC did not mention what party he was from. UPDATE: More here . The Republican primary is on Aug. 26. 2d UPDATE: Remember that Stevens was the one who explained the internet to all of us: They want to deliver vast amounts of information over the Internet. And again, the Internet is not something that you just dump something on. It's not a big truck. It's a series of tubes. And if you don't understand, those ...
BREAKING: U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens Indicted in Federal Court
TPMMuckraker —
... the indicted Senator, see here.
No one answered at Stevens' Senate Office in D.C. and the answering machine recording said that the office was closed. In a call to his Anchorage campaign office, the staffer who answered responded, "What?" when asked for a comment on the indictment, followed by a long silence. The staffer would not give further comment on whether or not the office knew that the indictment was handed down today.
Late late update: From McClatchy:
The Justice Department will be making a statement at 1:20 to announce ...
Stevens Indicted
Lawyers, Guns and Money —
Drink the news like sweet, sweet wine. Sen. Ted Stevens, the longest-serving Republican in the U.S. Senate and one of the chamber's most powerful members, was indicted Tuesday in Washington, a result of a year-long investigation into corruption in Alaska politics. The indictment comes nearly one year after federal agents raided Stevens' home in Girdwood, a resort town about 40 miles south of Anchorage. Since my political predictions rarely pan out, I'll note that I was half right in November: Stevens did wind up indicted, but the ...
Ted Stevens Must Resign
RedState: Conservative News and Community —
... Ted Stevens (R-AK) has been indicted by a federal grand jury on 7 counts.
While people are innocent until proven guilty, we know enough facts
to suggest Mr. Stevens is going to be looking for a deal. ...
Ted Stevens: Down The Toobz
Firedoglake —
... Sort of hoping this happened later rather than sooner, so no other Republican had time to regroup before November. The filing deadline was June 2, and this is the ballot for the August 26 primary.
This appears to be the applicable statute, and a couple of the Republicans on the ballot (Vic Vickers, and a self-financing millionaire named Dave Cudahy) seem to have some available cash.
McClatchy has more.
(h/t Adam B.)
Update: For those who can't stand the suspense -- yes, the winners of the Ted ...
IndicTed
HorsesAss.Org —
Well…this sure isn’t going to help the godfather of the Corrupt Bastards Club win reelection.
BREAKING NEWS: Republicrook Ted Stevens Finally Indicted
DownWithTyranny! —
... Happy anniversary, Ted! It was just one year ago that the FBI raided his house in Girdwood, a house that had a lot of work done on it by some companies the corrupt Alaska senator has been doing quote a few favors for-- at taxpayer expense. It has long been speculated that Stevens was at the pinnacle of the criminal organization that the Alaska GOP has become. Still, no one expected him to be indicted before his son Ben. But this morning an Alaska grand jury handed down 7 counts against Ted Stevens. Stevens' shenanigans with VECO, the oil services company, is likely to bring down ...
Down the Tubes
Swampland —
Breaking:
Sen. Ted Stevens, the longest-serving Republican in the U.S. Senate and one of the chamber's most powerful members, was indicted Tuesday in Washington, a result of a year-long investigation into corruption in Alaska politics.
The indictment comes nearly one year after federal agents raided Stevens' home in Girdwood, a resort town about 40 miles south of Anchorage.
The charges will be released, according to the Reuters, at 1:20pm today.
Thanks, Gyslkdjfklasjeraw! (never can quite remember it...)
Ted Stevens Indicted
Swampland —
A lion of the U.S. Senate falls. It is difficult to overstate Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens' power, especially when it comes to how Congress spends taxpayer dollars. Stevens exit from politics, if it occurs, could have major ramifications.
Consider just this one: Stevens helped to create and has long protected one of the most outlandish loopholes in federal contracting law: The Alaska-Native Corporation exemption. This rule allows companies that are only nominally controlled by Alaskan tribes to earn no-bid federal contracts for work of unlimited value, even if they partner with ...
baked alaska
skippy the bush kangaroo —
sen. ted "bridge to nowhere" stevens has been indicted. mcclatchey: sen. ted stevens, the longest-serving republican in the u.s. senate and one of the chamber's most powerful members, was indicted tuesday in washington for failing to disclose more than $250,000 worth of ...
The corruption of Ted Stevens
The Reaction —
... for the latest -- the headlines alone are worth checking out, if only because they have "Stevens" and "indict" together. Here's McClatchy with the details: ...
Ted Stevens Indicted By Federal Grand Jury
The Democratic Daily —
... A federal grand jury indicted Senator Ted Stevens of Alaska today, on “on seven felony counts alleging that he lied to conceal his acceptance of $250,000 in gifts and services from a now-defunct Alaska oil services and construction company.” ...
