Sen. Ted Stevens Indicted in Alaska Corruption Probe

Ted Stevens Indicted on Corruption Charges
Outside The Beltway | OTB — ... Alaskan Senator Ted Stevens has been indicted for concealing payments from his financial disclosure forms. The indictment accuses Stevens, former chairman of the powerful Appropriations Committee, of concealing payments of more than $250,000 in goods and services from an oil company. The items include home improvements, autos and household items. The Alaska oil firm, Veco, and its onetime leader Bill Allen, asked for help in return, which Stevens allegedly provided. Allen and a former Veco lobbyist pleaded guilty in May 2007 in connection with their role in the scheme, ...

Ted Stevens
Political Animal — TED STEVENS.... Alaska senator Ted Stevens has been indicted on corruption charges: From May 1999 to August 2007, prosecutors said Stevens concealed "his continuing receipt of hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of things of value from a private corporation." The indictment released Tuesday said the items included: home improvements to his vacation home in Alaska, including a new first floor, garage, wraparound deck, plumbing, electrical wiring; as well as car exchanges, a Viking gas grill, furniture and tools. But there's more to Uncle Ted than just corruption. For more on ...

Report: Sen. Stevens Has Been Indicted
Capitol Briefing — ... as part of a wide-ranging probe of corruption in Alaska politics, with much of the investigation focused on alleged bribery by the oil services firm Veco Corp. Capitol Briefing will provide more updates soon. UPDATE: The Associated Press says Stevens was indicted for "making false statements." UPDATE 2: ...

Today on Doing Time - Tuesday July 29th, 2008
The Latest on Air America — ... fame, has been indicted on seven criminal counts. According to the charges, he allegedly accepted $250,000 from an oil company, which may or may not be related to his ...

An Indicted (GOP) Senator, a Disgraced (GOP-run) Justice Department, a Gagged (GOP-managed) EPA--Just Another Day in D.C.
MoJo Blog Posts: mojo — ... "The EPA is currently under pressure from several congressional committees to disclose documents relating to its position on global warming and its denial of a petition by California to control greenhouse gases from motor vehicles. Last week, EPA Administrator Stephen Johnson denied a request to appear before two Senate committees to discuss whether the agency's decisions comply with its staff's technical and legal recommendations." And Senator Ted Stevens, an Alaska Republican, was indicted for making false statements on his financial disclosure forms to conceal $250,000 in ...

The Stevens Indictment
Weekly Standard Blog — The Washington Post reports: Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens (R) was charged with seven counts of making false statements on his financial disclosure forms in an indictment unsealed in federal court in the District this afternoon. [...] Stevens, a senator since 1968, "knowingly and willfully engaged in a scheme to conceal a material fact" according to the 28-page indictment. Items Stevens received include the creation of a new first floor, garage, and a wraparound deck on a Girdwood, Alaska property the lawmaker dubbed "the ...

A little help from his friends
HorsesAss.Org — ... The Washington Post headline blares: “Sen. Stevens Indicted On 7 Corruption Counts.” The New York Times is equally direct: “ ...