Alaska Senator Ted Stevens Guilty On All Counts!
CNN News, October 27th, 2008
WASHINGTON (CNN) — A jury found U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens of Alaska guilty Monday of all seven counts in his federal corruption trial.
The jury found Stevens guilty of “knowingly and willfully” scheming to conceal on Senate disclosure forms more than $250,000 in home renovations and other gifts from an Alaska-based oil industry contractor.
The jury began deliberations at noon Wednesday, but started anew Monday morning when an alternate replaced a juror who left town abruptly last week because of the death of her father.
The verdict comes after jurors in the corruption trial of Sen. Ted Stevens spotted a discrepancy Monday between the government’s indictment of the veteran Alaska Republican and a key piece of evidence.
The judge declined to throw out the related charge against Stevens, who has been fighting seven counts of filing false statements on mandatory Senate financial disclosure forms, involving hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of gifts and work on his Alaska home. More…