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Dunlop to face corruption charges; Bittersweet: Mr Dunlop at his gradution yesterday.

Article from: The Daily Mail (London, England) Article date: November 15, 2008

Byline: Aiden Corkery

FORMER Fianna Fail government press secretary Frank Dunlop is set to be charged with criminal corruption next week.

If convicted, the former lobbyist faces up to seven years in jail in a move that could prove extremely embarrassing for a Fianna Fail party already under pressure.

The charges are believed to relate to Mr Dunlops admission to the Criminal Assets Bureau (CAB) that he bribed councillors in return for their support for a 1993 motion to rezone lands at Carrickmines in South Dublin.

Although the high-profile lobbyist admitted ...

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Ted Stevens Indicted on 7 Felony Counts

Posted Jul 29, 08 2:12 PM CDT in Politics,  Crime & Courts 

Ted Stevens Indicted on 7 Felony Counts
Source: AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke

(Newser) – A federal grand jury in Washington has indicted Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens on 7 felony counts of making false statements in connection with a 4-year-long corruption probe, the Anchorage Daily News reports. The 84-year-old Republican is charged with failing to report on Senate financial disclosure forms gifts of more than $250,000 from Veco Corp., an Alaska oil services company, and its CEO. Stevens will be allowed to turn himself in, a Justice official said at a press conference this afternoon.

The unreported gifts, over an 8-year period, include extensive renovations to Stevens' home, as well as a gas grill, furniture and a car. During the same period, the senator used his office to assist the company, the indictment said. But no bribery charges were filed, the Justice official said at today's press conference, because no specific actions by Stevens in return for the gifts were alleged.

More about:  Ted Stevens • senator • Senate Republicans • corruption charges

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 Stevens, Get Out

Indicted Republican senator 'disgraced himself and his office'

National Review National Review Jul 30, 08 1:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - Newly indicted Ted Stevens should resign as soon as possible, write the editors of the National Review . The Alaskan senator, who is accused of seven counts of making false statements, legally “deserves the benefit of the doubt—but not from an ethical standpoint,” they note. “The facts that have emerged over the course of the federal investigation into his personal finances are damning enough on their own.” More »

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 Prosecution, Stevens Tangle 

Alaska senator's temper emerges under cross-examination

Politico Politico Oct 17, 08 4:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - The defense rested in the Ted Stevens corruption trial this afternoon, and the famously feisty senator then submitted to cross-examination. After 5 hours of friendly guidance from his own lawyers, the lead prosecutor's rapid-fire questioning didn't sit well, Politico reports. “I’m not going to get in the middle of this game with you,” Stevens tartly told Brenda Morris. More »

More about:  corruption • Alaska • Ted Stevens • senator • corruption charges • Bill Allen • Federal Court

Sen. Stevens Loses
His Bid for Mistrial


Anchorage Daily News Oct 2, 08 5:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - Ted Stevens' corruption trial will continue despite serious errors by prosecutors, a federal judge in Washington ruled this afternoon. Material that should have been turned over to the senator's defense team much earlier surfaced Wednesday, infuriating Judge Emmet Sullivan, the Anchorage Daily News reports. He declined to dismiss the case or declare a mistrial despite responding to the prosecutors' contention that the omission was "human error" by calling it "probably intentional." More »

More about:  Alaska • trial • Ted Stevens • senator • corruption charges

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