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Stevens Testimony Ends Bitterly

Senator's third day on stand includes usual measure of barbed encounters

By Harry Kimball, Newser Staff

Posted Oct 20, 2008 1:35 PM CDT

(Newser) – The prosecution got tough, and Ted Stevens testy, on the senator’s last day of testimony in his Washington corruption trial, the Hill reports. The prosecution challenged Stevens with emails that seemed to undercut assertions he knew nothing of gifts allegedly given to him by... Read full story »

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Stevens Testimony Ends Bitterly

Senator's third day on stand includes usual measure of barbed encounters

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