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Bill Allen stories: 16 news summaries

Agent, Witness in Stevens Case Had a Fling, Defense Says

Ted's team wants new trial over secret-sharing

Jan 27, 09 7:36 AM CST
(Newser) - Lawyers for former Sen. Ted Stevens say the head FBI agent in his corruption case got a little too cozy with a key witness against Stevens, Politico reports. The defense lawyers cite an FBI whistleblower's memo that “strongly suggests that the inappropriate relationship” between the agent and an oilman... More »

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Alaska • FBI • Ted Stevens • Bill Allen • senator • whistleblower • witness • corruption trial • Mary Beth Kepner

ANALYSIS

Stevens Sunk
by His Own Testimony

Senator came across
as evasive, combative
in cross-examination

Oct 28, 08 6:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens' decision not to take the Fifth in his corruption trial was a bold gamble that backfired, the Hill writes. The Republican came across as "evasive and combative" under tough questioning on the stand, hurting his credibility and adding weight to the prosecution's argument that... More »

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Alaska • crime • corruption • Ted Stevens • Bill Allen • Veco • guilty verdict

(Newser) - After 5 hours of deliberations, a federal jury found Ted Stevens guilty today on all seven corruption counts against him. Coming just before Election Day, the felony convictions cloud the political future of the 84-year-old Republican, who has represented Alaska in the Senate since 1968. As the foreman read the... More »

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Alaska • crime • corruption • Ted Stevens • Bill Allen • US Senate • Veco Corp • corruption trial

 Stevens' Fate in Jury's Hands 

Deliberations to begin Wednesday

Oct 21, 08 10:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - The jury in the corruption trial of Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens will begin deliberating tomorrow, the Anchorage Daily News reports. Prosecutors urged the jury to use common sense to conclude that $250,000 in gifts received by the powerful senator were bribes. His defense counsel told jurors that evidence against... More »

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Alaska • corruption • Ted Stevens • trial • jury • Bill Allen • Colin Powell • gift • oil industry • US Senate • Veco Corp • Emmet Sullivan

 Stevens Testimony 
 Ends Bitterly 

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

Oct 20, 08 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 oil boss Bill Allen. At... More »

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Congress • Alaska • Washington DC • corruption • Ted Stevens • trial • Bill Allen • home renovation • Veco

UPDATED

 Prosecution, Stevens Tangle 

Alaska senator's temper emerges under cross-examination

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... More »

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Alaska • corruption • Ted Stevens • Federal Court • Bill Allen • senator • corruption charges • Brenda Morris

 Stevens: Wife Was 
 in Charge of House 

Sen. testifies that he asked for all renovation bills, and thought he paid for everything

Oct 17, 08 1:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - Ted Stevens was out of the loop on his home renovation, preferring to let his wife handle financial details, the Hill reports. In testimony today in Washington, the senator said he was only at the cabin for two days in 2000 while renovations were ongoing. He also said he thought... More »

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Alaska • corruption • Ted Stevens • trial • Federal Court • Bill Allen • home renovation • Veco • Catherine Stevens

Stevens Takes Stand, Denies Shady Deals

Alaska senator rebuffs charges he got free construction work

Oct 16, 08 5:39 PM CDT
(AP) - Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens took the stand today in his own defense and denied scheming to hide $250,000 in home improvements and other gifts from a corrupt businessman. When asked by his lawyer whether he thought his Senate disclosure forms were accurate when he signed them, the Alaska political... More »

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Alaska • Ted Stevens • Bill Allen • Veco • corruption charges

 Stevens' Wife 
 Denies Impropriety 

Catherine Stevens says she thought oil workers were part of construction crew

Oct 16, 08 2:48 PM CDT
(Newser) - Ted Stevens’ wife, testifying at the Alaska senator’s Washington corruption trial today, said she didn’t know that two men working on a home renovation were oil-company employees, the Anchorage Daily News reports. Catherine Stevens, herself a lawyer, often spoke directly to the jury as the defense pushed its... More »

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Congress • Alaska • crime • corruption • Ted Stevens • trial • Bill Allen • Veco • Catherine Stevens

Jury Hears Secret Tapes in Stevens Trial

Alaska senator curses, claims innocence in talks with key witness

Oct 7, 08 7:03 AM CDT
(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. "... More »

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Alaska • FBI • bribery • corruption • Ted Stevens • Bill Allen • mistrial • Veco • gift • U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan

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

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

Man whose company renovated Republican's home continues testimony

Oct 1, 08 2:43 PM CDT
(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... More »

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

 Stevens Corruption Trial Begins 


Sep 22, 08 5:45 PM CDT
(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... More »

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

Oil, Politics Swirl in Stevens' Trial

Key witness in Alaskan senator's alleged corruption an oilman who 'owned' pols

Sep 22, 08 5:01 AM CDT
(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... More »

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oil • Alaska • corruption • Ted Stevens • Bill Allen • Veco

FBI Taped Senator's Phone Calls in Corruption Probe

Feds recorded calls with oil contractor who bribed officials

Sep 21, 07 4:24 AM CDT
(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... More »

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

FBI Raids Alaska Senator's Home

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

Jul 31, 07 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 and also supervised the renovation... More »

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Department of Justice • investigation • Alaska • FBI • Republican • IRS • corruption • Ted Stevens • Bill Allen • senator

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