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corruption charges stories: 37 news summaries

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 Stevens May Testify Tomorrow 

Wife could also take stand in senator's corruption trial

Oct 14, 08 2:29 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sen. Ted Stevens appears likely to testify tomorrow as part of his defense against corruption charges, Reuters reports. The Alaska Republican, charged with failing to disclose $250,000 gifts from oil firms, told a Washington court today he understood he was not legally required to testify. Stevens’ wife, Catherine, may... More »

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Congress • Alaska • Senate • corruption • Ted Stevens • payoffs • corruption charges

(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... More »

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Alaska • Ted Stevens • trial • senator • corruption charges

Judge Sends Stevens Jury Home, May Declare Mistrial

Prosecutors withheld FBI reports on witness

Oct 2, 08 11:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - A federal judge sent the jury in Ted Stevens’ Washington corruption trial home today as he considers declaring a mistrial for the Alaska senator, the AP reports. Stevens’ lawyers claimed that prosecutors attempted to withhold FBI reports about the government’s key witness, former oil exec Bill Allen, that they... More »

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 Friend Fingers Stevens at Trial 

Government's chief witness acknowledges giving inappropriate gifts to Alaska sen.

Sep 30, 08 4:37 PM CDT
(AP) - A longtime friend of Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens crossed the powerful lawmaker and testified today as the star witness in the Republican senator's gift-giving trial. The fiercely loyal Stevens did not acknowledge Bill Allen when he entered the courtroom. The two men barely looked at each other as Allen prepared... More »

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Congress • Alaska • corruption • Ted Stevens • trial • gift • corruption charges

 Stevens Denied Mistrial 

Justice Dept. under suspicion of trying to bury evidence that may help senator

Sep 29, 08 10:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - A federal judge denied Ted Stevens’ request for a mistrial today, but not before lashing the Department of Justice for withholding a key witness from the defense, the AP reports. “The government is treading in some shallow water here,” Emmet Sullivan declared. Stevens’ lawyers moved for a mistrial... More »

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Department of Justice • Ted Stevens • trial • mistrial • corruption charges

Olmert Announces Resignation

He may remain as 'caretaker' PM for weeks or months

Sep 21, 08 6:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - Scandal-plagued Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert announced today that he will step down. "This was not an easy decision," he said. Olmert, who faces criminal corruption charges, must now submit his resignation to President Shimon Peres, but he may remain as a caretaker prime minister for weeks or... More »

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Israel • Ehud Olmert • Tzipi Livni • Olmert • corruption charges

GLOSSIES

 The Long Island 
 Rabbi Who 
 Toppled  Olmert 

Close friend or just another donor, Talansky was key player in Israeli PM's downfall

Sep 15, 08 5:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - Morris Talansky counted Ehud Olmet as a true friend, and he says his devotion was returned. The nature of the longstanding relationship between the Long Island rabbi and the Israeli prime minister varies according to who’s describing it, Steve Fishman writes in New York. But what everyone agrees on... More »

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Israel • Ehud Olmert • campaign contributions • corruption charges • Morris Talansky • rabbi

S. African Court Throws Out Zuma Graft Case

Ruling clears way for leader to become president

Sep 12, 08 8:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - A South African court has thrown out a corruption case against Jacob Zuma, effectively clearing the way for him to become president next year. The judge ruled that the charges—including 12 counts of fraud, four of corruption, and one each of racketeering and money laundering—were invalid because he... More »

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fraud • South Africa • arms deal • Thabo Mbeki • Jacob Zuma • African National Congress • corruption charges

Sex, Ethics Scandal Rocks Interior Dept. Oil Agency

Probes reveal sex, drugs, improper dealings in 'culture of ethical failure'

Sep 10, 08 5:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - It's not quite the Interior Department Gone Wild, but it's not that far off, either. A dozen current and former employees of the departmental agency that deals with oil and gas royalties have been accused of having sex with reps of the energy industry, illegally accepting gifts, using cocaine in... More »

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ethics • Department of the Interior • drug use • government contracts • corruption charges • Inspector General

Pakistan's Sharif Faces Charges of Corruption

Prosecutors go after former PM days before presidential vote

Sep 2, 08 8:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - Nawaz Sharif, whose party recently pulled out of Pakistan's ruling coalition, is about to face corruption charges, Pakistani prosecutors said today. A two-time prime minister whom Pervez Musharraf deposed in 1999, Sharif will be charged with money laundering and loan defaults, as well as "the accumulation of wealth beyond... More »

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Pakistan • corruption • Nawaz Sharif • Pakistan elections • Asif Ali Zardari • presidential election • corruption charges

OPINION

 Nat'l Review:
 Stevens, Get Out

Indicted Republican senator 'disgraced himself and his office'

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... More »

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Congress • Alaska • Senate • earmarks • corruption • Ted Stevens • Senate Republicans • pork barrel spending • federal indictment • senator • corruption charges

UPDATED

 Ted Stevens
 Indicted on
 7 Felony
 Counts 

Octogenarian Republican alleged not to have disclosed gifts

Jul 29, 08 2:12 PM CDT
(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... More »

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Ex-Gov: Rove Probe 'Will Make Watergate Look Like Child's Play'

Bush guru merits more inquiry: Siegelman

May 20, 08 11:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - Don Siegelman is out of jail and fighting to clear his name, but the case is a lot bigger than just him, the former Democratic governor of Alabama tells the Anniston Star. Siegelman says his prosecution on corruption charges was orchestrated by Karl Rove as a way to keep Dems... More »

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Department of Justice • Karl Rove • Don Siegelman • John Conyers • corruption charges

FBI Bribery Sting Nets 11 Public Officials in NJ

After 18-month probe, dragnet hauls in state legislators, mayors

Sep 6, 07 4:31 PM CDT
(Newser) - Following an 18-month corruption probe, FBI raids across New Jersey snared 11 public officials today, and all will face bribery charges, the Newark Star-Ledger reports. The officials, including the mayors of Passaic and Orange, were charged with accepting a total of $150,000 in bribes for steering public contracts to... More »

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FBI • New Jersey • bribery • bribe • corruption • Samuel Rivera • Mims Hackett, Jr. • corruption charges

Jefferson Pleads Not Guilty

Congressman answers federal corruption charges with pledge to 'fight my heart out'

Jun 8, 07 12:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - In his first public appearance since being indicted Monday, Rep. William Jefferson pleaded not guilty in federal court in this morning. The Louisiana Democrat, facing a laundry list of charges including bribery, racketeering, and obstruction of justice, then held a press conference in which he reeled off his family's achievements... More »

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ethics • investigation • William Jefferson • Louisiana • bribery • corruption • racketeering • obstruction of justice • corruption charges • William Jefferson sentenced

House Moves to Expel Accused Congressman

Louisiana Democrat charged with bribery, extortion

Jun 6, 07 6:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - Pressure mounted on William Jefferson to resign from the House yesterday as leaders of both parties piled on in the wake of his indictment on corruption, racketeering and bribery charges. Republicans moved to initiate proceedings to have the Louisiana Democrat, expelled—which, Dems noted, they did not do when GOP... More »

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ethics • investigation • William Jefferson • Louisiana • bribery • corruption • House of Representatives • resignation • racketeering • expel • corruption charges • William Jefferson sentenced

Jefferson Hit With Corruption Charges

La. Congressman faces 16-count federal indictment, 235 years

Jun 4, 07 2:06 PM CDT
(Newser) - Federal officials indicted Rep. William Jefferson today, charging him with bribery, racketeering, money-laundering, and other misdeeds that could carry a sentence of up to 235 years. The Louisiana Democrat, the target of a lengthy investigation into business deals in Africa, has maintained his innocence, even after investigators found $90,000... More »

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Congress • congressman • William Jefferson • Louisiana • bribery • bribe • corruption • corruption charges • William Jefferson sentenced

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