politico.com - 12/3/2008
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Lawyers for convicted Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) told a federal judge today that they will soon file a motion seeking a new trial.
Stevens, who was defeated in a bid for a seventh full term, will ask Judge Emmet Sullivan to overturn his conviction on seven federal ...
news.yahoo.com - 12/3/2008
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Politico - Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) hasn’t yet
joined the gallery of notorious felons, small-time crooks and...
aggrieved innocents seeking pardons from President Bush, but it appears he’ll have the support of some of his soon-to-be-former ...
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Will Bush pardon Stevens?
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Stevens To Ask For New Trial
TPMMuckraker —
Looks like we may not have heard the last of Uncle Ted.
Politico reports:
Lawyers for convicted Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) told a federal judge today that they will soon file a motion seeking a new trial.
Stevens, who was defeated in a bid for a seventh full term, will ask Judge Emmet Sullivan to overturn his conviction on seven federal corruption counts for failing to disclose more than $250,000 in improper gifts.
Stevens' defense team raised numerous objections to the Justice Department's handling of his corruption trial, ...
Ted Stevens to seek new trial
Daily Kos —
... Looks like we'll still have Ted Stevens to kick around a little more -- at least in the criminal justice system, according to Politico: ...
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Sen. Martinez won't seek reelection —
CNN Political Ticker 12/2/2008
(CNN) — Sen. Mel Martinez, R-Florida, will not seek reelection in 2010, a congressional source tells CNN.
The first term senator and onetime National Republican Committee chairman narrowly won his first Senate race in 2004.
Martinez is due to ...
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