Withholding exculpatory evidence is not ‘bungling the case.’ Frankly, Stevens should be able to get all his costs to defend against the prosecution from the DOJ, plus punitive damages. The attorneys who withheld the evidence should be disbarred.
That is not to say that I don’t think Stevens was in the Senate way too long, and should have stepped aside before any of this was brought up. Too many Congressmen and Senators get too comfortable in those positions and stay way too long. They should all help younger people groom for the positions over time, and step aside gracefully. Usually, tho, they focus only on their own tenure and reelection.
Disbarred, my A$$, they should be prosecuted. They should be sent up for as long as they intended for Ted.
I had long been of the opinion that it was time for Stevens to go, but this case was so obviously a political attack, I changed my mind and campaigned for him.
In his six terms in the Senate, I voted for him every time. We Alaskans owe Ted a great deal for what he accomplished for us in the past.
We will survive one term of Sen Baggage.