Ted Stevens guilty of ethics violations
p2pnet news view | Politics:- Senator Ted ‘Pipes’ Stevens, “Alaska’s dominant political figure for more than four decades,” violated federal ethics laws after failing to report, “tens of thousands of dollars in gifts and services” he’d received from friends, a jury has decided, says the New York Times.
Stevens, whose nickname was awarded after he described the Net as a series of tubes, has denied all seven corruption charges against him, says NPR, going on:
“The government had charged Stevens with lying on his Senate financial disclosure forms, by not disclosing gifts including major home renovations from an oil industry executive.”
Stevens now faces up to five years in jail on each count, “but under federal guidelines he is likely to receive much less prison time, if any,” says the story, adding:
“The judge originally scheduled sentencing for Jan. 26 but then changed his mind and did not immediately set a date.”
The Senate’s longest-serving Republican, “Stevens said he had no idea he was getting freebies,” says NPR. “He said he paid $160,000 for the project and believed that covered everything.”
New York Times – Alaska Senator Is Guilty Over His Failures to Disclose Gifts, October 28, 2008
NPR – Alaska Sen. Stevens Will Appeal Verdict, October 28, 200
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