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Excerpt A court-appointed special prosecutor has determined that serious misconduct by Justice Department prosecutors tainted the federal investigation and trial of former Sen. Ted Stevens, according to a report released Thursday. *snip* "The government introduced false business records to boost the value of renovations on the Senator's Alaska home. It also hid from the defense the evidence needed to show that the value was much less than the government claimed, including evidence that its key witness disagreed with the government about the value of the renovations," Stevens defense lawyers Brendan Sullivan and Robert Cary said in a statement. *snip*...

The FBI and a federal grand jury have been investigating an extensive remodeling project on the Alaska home of Sen. Ted Stevens, the longest-serving Republican in Senate history, according to the Anchorage Daily News. The investigation apparently stems from an ongoing public corruption probe that has already entangled Stevens' son, Ben, but the direct link remains unclear. One of the contractors interviewed in the piece said an oil-field services company embroiled in the broader investigation reviewed each of his invoices for the extensive remodeling project on the senator's home. Two top company executives pleaded guilty on May 7 to federal...