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Senator Stevens guilty of all seven corruption counts
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| 10/27/08
Posted on 10/27/2008 1:59:27 PM PDT by jasonmyos
Edited on 10/27/2008 2:04:06 PM PDT by Admin Moderator.
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WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) -- A Washington(D.C.) jury on Monday found U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens of Alaska guilty of all seven corruption counts he was charged with over gifts he accepted from an oil industry contractor but failed to report.
Jurors said Stevens, who is running for a seventh term, deliberately failed to disclose on mandatory Senate financial disclosure forms more than $250,000 in home renovations and other gifts from the oil company VECO and its chief executive officer, Bill Allen.
The jury of eight women and four men deliberated for five hours Monday before returning the guilty verdicts.
TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; Government; US: Alaska
KEYWORDS: 110th; alaska; corruption; electionussenate; ethics; judiciary; palin; ruling; stevens; tedstevens
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To: jasonmyos
Thanks for not resigning and giving another Republican a chance to hold onto that seat, Ted. Selfish old bastard.
To: PackerBoy
Yet another reason for term limits. Good riddance. Ditto!
Too bad he's too old to fulfill a good stiff term in the hoosegow!
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posted on
10/27/2008 3:22:01 PM PDT
by
EGPWS
(Trust in God, question everyone else)
To: rwfromkansas
mccain always hated stevens.
63
posted on
10/27/2008 3:24:51 PM PDT
by
ari-freedom
(Obama: If we are going into war, then all of us go, not just some.)
To: bilhosty
because stevens had so much power. go after him and no $ for you!
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posted on
10/27/2008 3:26:57 PM PDT
by
ari-freedom
(Obama: If we are going into war, then all of us go, not just some.)
I hope Alaskans vote him in anyway and let Palin pick the nominee
To: Titanites
Tell that to West Virginia. Lotsa stuff named for Robert KKK Byrd there.
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posted on
10/27/2008 3:59:30 PM PDT
by
Purrcival
(Oh, go ahead and say it: Barack Obama is a Socialist)
To: Titanites
Tell that to West Virginia. Lotsa stuff named for Robert KKK Byrd there.
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posted on
10/27/2008 3:59:30 PM PDT
by
Purrcival
(Oh, go ahead and say it: Barack Obama is a Socialist)
To: mojito
To: PapaBear3625; jasonmyos
Stevens has been convicted. He cannot retain his seat while in prison. If he resigns the day after the election (assuming he wins), Palin gets to appoint the person who would be his replacement.
The linked article says that Stevens CAN retain his seat:
"If he wins his re-election race against Democratic Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich, Stevens can continue to hold his seat because there is no rule barring convicted felons from serving in Congress. The Senate, however, could vote to expel Stevens on a two-thirds vote."
If he does win re-election and then resigns, or gets ousted by the Senate, I don't think Palin plays any role. According to Wikipedia, the Governor of Alaska doesn't have the appointment power. (Voters removed it in 2004, ticked off at Frank Murkowski for appointing his daughter to succeed him in the Senate.) Presumably that means the seat stays vacant until they can hold a special election.
To: jasonmyos
William Jefferson - Democrat, Louisiana - NEXT!
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posted on
10/27/2008 4:10:48 PM PDT
by
FTL
To: af_vet_rr
His “friends” turned on him to cut good deals for themselves.
To: jasonmyos
All’s well that ends well for the blight of the GOP.
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posted on
10/27/2008 4:41:17 PM PDT
by
dr_who
To: Titanites
Does that mean we need to rename the State of Robert Byrd?
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posted on
10/27/2008 4:47:24 PM PDT
by
thefrankbaum
(Ad maiorem Dei gloriam)
To: buffyt
“I was surprised they went after him for such a small thing, compared to the rest of the corrupt office holders in DC etc.”
Yep, should have just ignored it. Only a few hundred thousand.
To: Diego1618
I think he meant "Ces't la Vie"....French for "Such is Life". Thankd you. After spending ten years in Quebec, I still couldn't figure it out!
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posted on
10/27/2008 5:24:51 PM PDT
by
TexasRedeye
(Eschew obfuscation)
To: jasonmyos
What irony. The man who refused to convict and remove the Liar in Chief is convicted himself. Don't let the door hit ya on the way out Ted.
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posted on
10/27/2008 5:36:37 PM PDT
by
cva66snipe
($.01 The current difference between the DEM's and GOP as well as their combined worth to this nation)
To: jasonmyos
He should have stepped down before this so we could have retained the seat.
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posted on
10/27/2008 5:49:17 PM PDT
by
soycd
To: All
Excellent, it chould not have happened to a more arrogant bastard. I hope he goes you jail.
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posted on
10/27/2008 6:36:48 PM PDT
by
ElPatriota
(and from these CACAS (McCaca-Ocaca) a beautiful social-con flower rises, but is VP enough?)
To: jasonmyos
If Stevens had been a DUmocrat, he’d get a committee chairman position out of it.
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posted on
10/27/2008 7:16:31 PM PDT
by
RasterMaster
(DUmocrats - the party of slavery, sedition, subversion, socialism & surrender)
To: Diego1618
It takes a constitutional amendment for congressional term limits. Something that will never happen. The American people would rather be communist than require that their own members be limited.
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posted on
10/27/2008 7:33:36 PM PDT
by
Theodore R.
(Cowardice is forever!)
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