Ted Stevens Indicted on Corruption Charges
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... 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, Justice Department officials said. The indictment charges Stevens with violating the Ethics in Government Act between 2001 and 2006 by hiding payments from Allen, Veco and two other people. The law requires elected officials to disclose gifts and debts that exceed $10,000 during any point in the year. Link via Kevin Drum , who notes: Apparently Republicans were right all along about the morally ...
Hey Hey! Ho Ho! Ted Stevens Has Got To Go!
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I've never been a fan of Sen. Ted Stevens . Indeed, the Alaska Senator has been one of my least favorite Republicans. Now he has been indicted on charges of misleading investigators probing renovations to his home made by various corporate interests. Sen. Ted Stevens, the longest-serving Republican senator and a figure in Alaska politics since before statehood, was indicted Tuesday on seven counts of failing to disclose thousands of dollars in services he received from a company that helped renovate his home. Stevens, the first sitting U.S. ...
firedoglake.com 7/23/2008 — (Phillip blogs at Progressive Alaska , which is more than worth your while. Also joining us is Celtic Diva, who blogs at her Blue Oasis . Both blogs are worth a thorough read and the pictures at Diva's are enough like BC to make me ...
tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com 7/29/2008 — From Reuters : Sen. Ted Stevens from Alaska, the longest serving U.S. Republican senator ever, was indicted on seven counts related to his holding of public office, a federal law enforcement official said Tuesday. Late update : It's worth ...
qando.net 7/29/2008 — I t 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 ...
politico.com 7/29/2008 — Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska), a giant of Senate politics and a legend in Alaska, has been indicted on seven criminal charges. The Department of Justice has announced a 1:20 p.m. ET press conference to discuss the details. Stevens' Washington ...
thinkprogress.org 7/29/2008 — In a few minutes, the Department of Justice will announce seven criminal counts against Sen. Ted Stevens (R-AK). MSNBC’s Pete Williams reported that Stevens will be indicted by the department’s Public Integrity section for making false statements to ...
thenextright.com 7/29/2008 — The other shoe drops: WASHINGTON - U.S. officials say the Justice Department has indicted Alaska Senator Ted Stevens on charges related to a long-running investigation of business dealings in Alaska. Stevens, who has served in the U.S. Senate ...
politico.com 7/29/2008 — Ted Stevens, the long-serving senator from Alaska and former chairman of the powerful Appropriatons Committee, is to be indicted today on seven criminal counts. No word yet from McCain or the campaign, but I'd be shocked if they didn't at least ...
redstate.com 7/29/2008 — 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. And the voters of Alaska, committed to ...
huffingtonpost.com 7/29/2008 — McClatchy reports : 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. ...
firedoglake.com 7/29/2008 — Ted Stevens has been indicted : Sen Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, has been indicted on corruption charges, CBS News has learned. The FBI, working with an Alaska oil contractor, secretly taped telephone calls with Sen. Ted Stevens as part of a ...
thecarpetbaggerreport.com 7/30/2008 — 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 ...
Ted Stevens is a throwback to the Senate he joined almost 40 years ago and then worked so effectively for his home state of Alaska.
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AP - Some reactions to the indictment of Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, on seven counts of failing to disclose thousands of dollars in services he received from a company that helped renovate his home.
Senator Ted Stevens was indicted on seven counts of falsely reporting income, in charges related to renovations on his home and to gifts he has received. >
Politico - Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska), a giant of Senate politics and a legend in Alaska, has been indicted on seven federal criminal charges accusing him of failing to disclose hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of home renovations and other ...
Alaska Senator Ted F. 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.
Sen. Ted Stevens, the longest-serving Republican senator, has been indicted on seven counts of falsely reporting hundreds of thousands of dollars in home-improvement services he received.
Sen. Ted Stevens, the longest-serving Republican senator, has been indicted on seven counts of making false statements
AP - Sen. Ted Stevens, the longest-serving Republican senator and a figure in Alaska politics since before statehood, has been indicted on seven counts of making false statements.
