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  • October 2008

    • Jury Hears Secret Tapes in Stevens Trial

      Anchorage Daily News  |  Oct 7, 08 7:03 AM CDT

      Jury Hears Secret Tapes in Stevens Trial

      (Newser) - Jurors heard tapes yesterday of Ted Stevens cursing federal investigators and declaring his innocence in conversations he did not know were being recorded, reports the Anchorage Daily News . Stevens was speaking with former Veco CEO Bill Allen, the prosecution’s chief witness in the Alaska senator’s corruption trial. "I'm developing the attitude that I don't think I did anything wrong,” Stevens says in one of the recordings. More »

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      FBI  • Alaska  • corruption  • Ted Stevens  • bribery  • gifts  • mistrial  • Bill Allen  • Veco

    • Judge Sends Stevens Jury Home, May Declare Mistrial

      Associated Press  |  Oct 2, 08 11:34 AM CDT

      Judge Sends Stevens Jury Home, May Declare Mistrial

      (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 say would’ve helped their defense. More »

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      Alaska  • corruption  • Ted Stevens  • corruption charges  • jury  • mistrial  • Bill Allen  • prosecutors  • Big Oil  • VECO

    • Oil Exec: Sen. Stevens Wasn't Serious About Paying Bills

      Wall Street Journal  |  Oct 1, 08 2:43 PM CDT

      Oil Exec: Sen. Stevens Wasn't Serious About Paying Bills

      (Newser) - Ted Stevens avoided eye contact with onetime buddy Bill Allen as the former oil exec detailed his company’s renovations on the senator’s home, the Wall Street Journal reports. Allen says he received thank-you notes from Stevens saying, “You owe me a bill. … It just has to be done right,” but that a mutual friend dismissed them and said, “Ted's just covering his ass.” More »

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      Alaska  • trial  • Ted Stevens  • senator  • bribery  • Bill Allen  • Veco

  • September 2008

    • Stevens Corruption Trial Begins

      KTUU  |  Sep 22, 08 5:45 PM CDT

      Stevens Corruption Trial Begins

      (Newser) - Jury selection began today in the corruption trial of Ted Stevens, the first US senator in over 20 years to face a criminal trial, reports WTUU of Anchorage. The list of 200-plus possible witnesses at the Alaska Republican's trial, in federal court in Washington, DC, includes Colin Powell as well as Democrats Ted Kennedy, Daniel Inouye, and Patrick Leahy, the AP reports. More »

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      Alaska  • Ted Kennedy  • Patrick Leahy  • Ted Stevens  • Colin Powell  • Bill Allen  • Orrin Hatch  • Daniel Inouye

    • Oil, Politics Swirl in Stevens' Trial

      New York Times  |  Sep 22, 08 5:01 AM CDT

      Oil, Politics Swirl in Stevens' Trial

      (Newser) - As the corruption trial against Alaska Sen.Ted Stevens gets started today, the politician is preparing to face off against a gritty oilman who has bragged about "owning" state lawmakers, reports the New York Times . The chief defense witness in Stevens' corruption trial is Bill Allen, a high-school dropout who worked his way up from welder to founder and CEO of one of the state’s most powerful companies. More »

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      oil  • Alaska  • Ted Stevens  • Bill Allen  • VECO  • public corruption

  • September 2007

    • FBI Taped Senator's Phone Calls in Corruption Probe

      Associated Press  |  Sep 21, 07 4:24 AM CDT

      FBI Taped Senator's Phone Calls in Corruption Probe

      (Newser) - The FBI secretly taped phone calls between Alaska Senator Ted Stevens and an oil businessman during an investigation into contract corruption, according to sources. The oil contractor agreed to the tapings last year after he was confronted with evidence that he had bribed other Alaska lawmakers, AP reports. Stevens acknowledged only months ago that he was the target of a corruption probe. More »

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      Senate  • FBI  • Alaska  • corruption  • Ted Stevens  • bribery  • Senate Republicans  • Bill Allen  • VECO

  • July 2007

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