Latest government charges in VECO case raise legal, political stakes for Stevens
Dermot Cole - August 16, 2008 -
http://newsminer.com/news/2008/aug/16/latest-government-charges-veco-case-raise-legal-po/Normal notions about the perils of pretrial publicity are reversed in the legal struggle over whether Sen. Ted Stevens will go to trial in Washington, D.C., or Alaska.
The defense is hoping that a half-century and more of pretrial publicity would work in Stevens’ favor and lead to a more sympathetic jury with a trial in Alaska. ..........
The legal case and its attendant arguments are complicated enough. The political implications are harder to gauge and more volatile, but nothing filed in court this week will work to Stevens’ advantage in his election campaign.
He is likely to win the primary election and to face a steady stream of publicity in the weeks to come that consists of accusations and denials, hardly the ideal environment for a successful political race.
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Community Discussion:
I think the Feds are sending a clear message to Ted. "We have more than ample evidense on you, get smart, get out". If it looks like a duck, swims like a duck and quacks like a duck, guess what? Its probably a duck. The runt is finally getting his due for abusing the American system. I don't care what party he belongs to, he's made us the laughing stock of America and I for one am ashamed that we let him stay in office. Time for new blood in the Senate, (and the House for that matter)......
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To misuse his office as Stevens has done is appalling. What the press should look into is whether Stevens reported any of the hundreds of thousands of dollars of graft he took to the IRS. If he did, then it is evidence that he broke the law by failing to disclose his graft in his senate finance disclosure reports. If he did not (as we suspect) then he is going to have to deal with charges of tax fraud.
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