BREAKING: Judge Orders Sen Ted Stevens' Wife to Turn Over 1999 Emails.... LINK

[Blackhatjack]

Defense Lawyers fought the turn over of emails from 1999 to 2005, approximately 3,000 in number, for over a year.

THis could be the break in the dam that sinks Senator Ted Stevens.


http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/judge-tells-stevens-to-turn-over-disputed-e-mails-2008-10-14.html

Judge tells Stevens to turn over disputed e-mails
By Manu Raju
Posted: 10/14/08 10:30 AM

"A federal judge on Tuesday ordered Sen. Ted Stevens's defense attorneys to turn over thousands of e-mails sent by his wife, Catherine, during the time when the Alaska Republican allegedly concealed hundreds of thousands of dollars of gifts.
The fight over the e-mails intensified over the last several days when it became clear that the senator's wife would testify this week. The government is trying to undermine the defense team's assertion that Catherine Stevens took the lead role in arranging the home renovations and kept the senator out of the loop when he was consumed with his work on Capitol Hill.


Catherine Stevens's law firm, Mayer Brown LLP, has turned over 29,000 pages of documents, but the government has issued a subpoena because it says many e-mails before 2005 were not produced. Stevens's seven felony charges for not reporting gifts and elaborate home renovations date back to 1999. The government wants all e-mails from 1999 between the senator's wife and her husband, and messages she sent to 37 people connected with the case.

The government also wants e-mails regarding earrings given to Lily Stevens, the couple's daughter."

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[billyoc]

1. Good. Take Spiro Igloo down with you, Ted.

[blogslut]

2. That could very well happen

Last night I heard that the same people who build Ted's infamous house also built Governor Snowbilly's.

[bkcc]

3. Will they be able to retrieve the messages from the tubes?!?

Ted is already sunk.
:)

[Jacobin]

4. ruh roh

:bounce:

[Blackhatjack]

5. The Judge refused to quash the subpoena for the withheld emails...

The Defense has been saying Stevens' wife was the person in charge of all the renovations and Sen Stevens was out of the loop.

Now the Defense is arguing that Sen STevens had an expectation of privacy in those emails and that he had not waived spousal immunity for his wife to testify against him.

Not a wise move... when you allege your wife was the culprit.

In all likelihood these emails will show Stevens was heavily involved in all aspects of the construction and innovation.

[CitizenPatriot]

6. looks like Sen Stevens will be needing a divorce atty next nt

[Blackhatjack]

7. Stevens' wife Catherine was a lobbyist so she can't plead ignorance....

Yet her attorneys are making an argument that she should be blamed for handling all the affairs and keeping her hubby (Sen Ted Stevens R-AK) out of the loop.

She had to know that giving free services and materials to benefit Ted was illegal.

Bet those emails will be a killer for the prosecution....