Ted Stevens: Guilty on All Counts

Posted by | October 27, 2008 17:16 | Filed under: Top Stories



The longest-serving Republican in the history of the United States Senate is now a convicted felon.


Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens was convicted today of lying on financial disclosure forms to hide tens of thousands of dollars in gifts and renovations to his Alaska home that were financed mostly by a powerful business executive and his oil services company.

 

The verdict was announced just after 4 p.m. in a packed courtroom in U.S. District Court in Washington. Stevens (R) sat quietly as the jury foreman said the panel had reached a unanimous decision and found Stevens guilty on all seven counts of filing false financial disclosure forms.


This surely won’t help his campaign for re-election. Looks like a tight race just got tighter.

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By: Joel

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