Senator Warned a Friend That Jail Was a Risk
October 7, 2008 5:48 am
I know that Washington just passed a bazillion dollar bill to save our collective ‘_sses’but in the mix of things don’t you still wonder how much ‘loose change’ is floating around? How many Senators and Representatives will make a profit while we hang on for dear life? Not a new story for sure but worth a second thought.
“The day after the F.B.I. confronted Bill Allen, an Alaska oil services millionaire, with evidence that he had tried to bribe state lawmakers, he reached out to Senator Ted Stevens by telephone to discuss how their relationship might also be the subject of a corruption investigation.”
“Mr. Stevens, an Alaska Republican, is in the second week of a trial involving felony charges that he knowingly concealed some $250,000 in gifts and services from Mr. Allen, mostly for renovations to his Alaska home.”
“Mr. Allen, the main prosecution witness, has been on the stand since last week. Prosecutors contend that Mr. Stevens knew full well that the gifts and services from Mr. Allen and his company, the Veco Corporation, were provided to him free.”
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