29 July 2008

cnn: alaska senator ted stevens indicted today


justice department press conference

'bridge to nowhere,' longest serving [since 1968] republican senator, indicted today by a federal grand jury in washington d.c. for seven counts of making false statements to investigators.

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click here to download twenty-eight page indictment .pdf
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click here to download two page department of justice press release .pdf
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in july the fbi and the irs raided senator stevens home in alaska. they were looking closely at his ties to an alaskan energy services company named veco. veco's chief executive pleaded guilty to a bribery scheme involving state lawmakers. back in 2000, veco executives oversaw a very elaborate remodeling of senator steven's home and there was questions about that remodeling that investigators had asked of senator stevens; that he did not supply accurate information about.
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