D.C. Corruption? Inside U.S. v. Sen. Ted Stevens
By Bald Truth Staff, (c) www.artharris.com, all rights reserved
He says he’s innocent, yet in the middle of his reelection campaign, Sen. Ted Stevens, the longest-serving Republican senator and among those pushing for more off-shore drilling and alternative energy sources, was indicted Tuesday on seven counts of failing to disclose a reported quarter million dollars in free services for his home makeover–from an oil services company and their execs.
According to the indictment, Veco Corp. officials played remodeler to tune up his home in Girdwood, Alaska, a ski resort town outside Anchorage, with a new wraparound deck, new first floor, garage, new plumbing and wiring, and outfitted it with a Viking Gas Grill, furniture and tools—-not to mention a new Land Rover for one of his children.
Check out our transcript from the Justice Department presser on the case Tuesday:
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He’s not alone: an Alaska GOP congressman is also under investigation on unrelated federal charges.
”I have proudly served this nation and Alaska for over 50 years. My public service began” in World War II,” said Stevens in a statement. “It saddens me to learn that these charges have been brought against me. I have never knowingly submitted a false disclosure form required by law as a U.S. senator.”
For more, go to http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25916299/.
July 30th, 2008 at 9:21 pm
Shameful! Now which one was it that got all the “pork” to build that bridge to nowhere? So much dishonesty in government. And here we sit……..
August 1st, 2008 at 2:54 pm
I think this can be found in both parties.We need change from the bottom up.We the people need to elect better people
August 1st, 2008 at 11:22 pm
I think he needs a better ‘Accountant.’
August 1st, 2008 at 11:26 pm
Somehow, this reminds me of Exxon and Shell.
Well, at least, we all now know they can clean up their spills, right?
August 11th, 2008 at 7:05 pm
It is true Jojobo1.
They are all the same. Just that, lying cheating politicians.
John Edwards, Mayor of Detroit, New York, etc.etc.etc. All Democrats, all Republicans..
August 14th, 2008 at 2:09 am
It’s kinda funny…
I took my daughter and her friend and her father to a Japanese Steak House for a birthday celebration…
And, they put on a show…with the flame throwing…and they serve chicken, fish and beef…
“Where’s the pork?”
Maybe they have some kind of ‘silent’ rebellion going on.
I requested ‘no soy’ and they ignored that, and I should not have left them the nice tip, I did.