Sen. Stevens indicted: 7 false statements counts

[82Marine89]

WASHINGTON - 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.

The first sitting U.S. senator to face federal indictment since 1993, Stevens has been dogged by a federal investigation into his home renovation project and his dealings with wealthy oil contractors.

The investigation has upended Alaska state politics and cast scrutiny on Stevens — who is running for re-election this year — and on his congressional colleague, Rep. Don Young of Alaska, who is also under investigation.

Stevens' indictment further damages Republican prospects in the November election as Senate Democrats, who now enjoy a 51-49 majority, try to capture a filibuster-proof 60-vote majority.

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[Kathianne]

WASHINGTON - 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.

The first sitting U.S. senator to face federal indictment since 1993, Stevens has been dogged by a federal investigation into his home renovation project and his dealings with wealthy oil contractors.

The investigation has upended Alaska state politics and cast scrutiny on Stevens — who is running for re-election this year — and on his congressional colleague, Rep. Don Young of Alaska, who is also under investigation.

Stevens' indictment further damages Republican prospects in the November election as Senate Democrats, who now enjoy a 51-49 majority, try to capture a filibuster-proof 60-vote majority.

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(http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080729/ap_on_go_co/stevens_indictment)
He should be gone. One of the largest pork barrel republicans around. Good riddance.

[Psychoblues]

Here's another take on the same subject:

Source: Reuters

By James Vicini and Thomas Ferraro

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Veteran Republican U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens was charged on Tuesday with concealing more than $250,000 worth of gifts, including home renovations, that he received from an Alaska oil services company, the Justice Department said.

The Alaska politician, who has served 40 years in the Senate, was charged in a federal grand jury indictment with seven counts of making false statements on his Senate financial disclosure forms from 2001 to 2006, the department said.

Stevens denied the charges but said he was stepping down as required by party rules as the top Republican on the Democratic-led Commerce Committee and the Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense. He gave no indication that he planned to resign from the Senate............

More: http://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSWBT00948220080729

He didn't believe in the old adage, "What goes around comes around". How many times has he usurped his senatorial power at the great expense of otherwise harkdworking and tax paying Americans?!?!?????!?!??!??!?!

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just goes to show that Republicans will prosecute their own. But corrupt Democrats arestill sitting up there.

[Psychoblues]

Yeah, KKKarl Rove, Scooter Libby, Enrique Gonzalez, Monica Goodling and the list goes on and on up to and including the war criminal gwb and none of them are in jail!!!!!!!!



just goes to show that Republicans will prosecute their own. But corrupt Democrats arestill sitting up there.

Piecemeal prosecutions of petty thieves like Ted Stevens isn't exactly an exoneration of Republican usurption of the justice system, a'21.