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Justice Department to Announce Charges Against Sen. Stevens - Politics | Republican Party | Democratic Party | Political Spectrum
Tuesday, July 29, 2008 WASHINGTON— The Justice Department has indicted Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, on seven counts of making false statements to federal officers investigating an Alaska businessman. The Justice Department has announced a 1:20 p.m. ET press conference. The indictment alleges that Stevens, the longest-serving Republican in the Senate, made false representations in his ...
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Sen. Ted Stevens (R-AK) indicted
QandO — It couldn’t happen to a more deserving guy: Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, has been indicted on seven "charges related to (his) holding of public office," two federal government sources told FOX News on Tuesday. The Department of Justice has announced a 1:20 p.m. ET press conference that a release says is "regarding a criminal matter."In case you’ve forgotten who he is, think "bridge to nowhere", one of his more visible attempts at misusing his public office. The same guy who literally threw a ...

Breaking: Alaska Senator Ted Stevens in big trouble with feds, indicted on 7 counts
Sister Toldjah — Just read this little blurb on Fox: WASHINGTON —  Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, has been indicted on seven “charges related to (his) holding of public office,” two federal government sources told FOX News on Tuesday. The Department of Justice has announced a 1:20 p.m. ET press conference that a release says is “regarding a criminal matter.” Here’s background on the Justice Dept’s investigation of Stevens.   More here ...

Good riddance!
Betsy's Page — Tuesday, July 29, 2008 Good riddance! The Justice Department is going to announce indictments of Senator Ted Stevens. Stevens has long been my least favorite Republican senator. His sanctimonious love of pork and the whiff of corruption about him has tainted all Republican senators. Even without the indictments, ...

Breaking: GOP Sen. Ted Stevens indicted by federal grand jury
Hot Air » Top Picks — ... On seven charges , although we won’t know the specifics until 1:20 ET. Anyone want to try guessing? There’s no shortage of possibilities: This is, after all, the pork king of the United States Senate, dogged ...

Stevens Indicted
The Corner on National Review Online — [image] [image] NRO BLOG ROW | THE CORNER | ARCHIVES SEARCH E-MAIL PRINT RSS STAY SANE THROUGHOUT 2008: SUBSCRIBE TO NR (50% OFF!) HERE . [image] Tuesday, July 29, 2008 [image] Stevens Indicted [ Kathryn Jean Lopez ] Here goes another Republican? 07/29 01:03 PM [image] [image] [image] © National Review Online 2008. All Rights Reserved. Home | Search | NR / Digital | Donate | Media Kit | Contact Us This page loaded in 0.009211 seconds. ...

Senator Ted Stevens Indicted - Say Good Bye
FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog — ... Say good bye to Senator Ted Stevens (R- Alaska). John McCain should take the opportunity to make an example of him and the financially corrupt morass of the Congress. ...

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