FBI Raids Alaska Senator's Home

Feds probe politician's ties to oil contractor in corruption probe

By Peter Fearon, Newser Staff

Posted Jul 31, 2007 4:39 AM CDT

(Newser) – FBI and IRS agents raided the vacation home of Sen. Ted Stevens of Alaska yesterday, seeking records of his relationship with a oil field contractor jailed in a corruption probe, AP reports. The contractor profited from tens of millions of dollars in federal contracts... Read full story »

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