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By LARA JAKES JORDAN, Associated Press Writer
16 minutes ago
WASHINGTON - Sen. Ted Stevens, the longest-serving Republican senator and a figure in Alaska politics since before statehood, has been indicted on seven counts of falsely reporting hundreds of thousands of dollars in services he received from a company that helped renovate his home.
Stevens, 84, has been dogged by a federal investigation into whether he pushed for fishing legislation that also benefited his son, an Alaska lobbyist.
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.
Justice Department officials were holding a news conference later Tuesday to discuss the charges.
Messages left Tuesday at both Stevens' Senate office in Washington and his campaign office in Anchorage were not immediately returned.
Prosecutors said Stevens "took multiple steps to continue" receiving things from oil services company VECO Corp., and its founder, Bill Allen. At the time, the indictment says, Allen and other VECO employees were soliciting Stevens for "multiple official actions .... knowing that Stevens could and did use his official position and his office on behalf of VECO during that same time period."
VECO's requests included funding and other aid for the oil services company's projects and partnerships in Pakistan and Russia. It also included federal grants from several agencies — as well as help in building a national gas pipeline in Alaska's North Slope Region, according to the indictment filed in U.S. District Court in Washington.
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I am so bad at making threads.
Ted Stevens is a huge moron and will now be replaced by someone who is less of a moron.
Secret Satan
you are more optimistic than me
Sarah Palin? God yes.
maybe take a cruise there, yeah maybe, but not live
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oh fuck, you know i saw some TDOT cars and was like that dude over there what
this is Alaska we're talking about
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Yeah I was born there so what does that tell you!
He's more famous for his "Internet is a series of tubes, not a truck" rant in congress. He confirmed his stupidity that day.
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BP moved me.
Butt Plugs?
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The highly endangered northern snugglebunny.