Stevens is facing lots of mandatory prison time, and the evidence is a SLAM DUNK!!
Prosecutors Reveal More in Stevens Case
http://www.adn.com/...
Federal prosecutors offered a glimpse of previously unseen evidence against U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens in new court filings
"... senator used inside help to profit from Florida condo."
"... a secret $5,000 investment ... $100,000 in quick profits."
"... Stevens sought jobs from Veco for a son and a grandchild and a new Jeep Cherokee for his daughter..."
What else is on the wiretapped phone conversations? And in the e-mails?
Where else within the Corrupt Bastards Club (CBC) will the investigation lead?
And, did the FBI find any CBC tee-shirts and caps at Ted's Girdwood chalet?
I have a sense that this story is only just beginning to unfold!
Give the long, detailed article a full read (more excerpts follow below):
Prosecutors reveal more in Stevens case
FILINGS: Prosecutors allege senator used inside help to profit from Florida condo.
RICHARD MAUER - August 15th, 2008 - http://www.adn.com/...
Federal prosecutors offered a glimpse of previously unseen evidence against U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens in new court filings Thursday, including allegations that Stevens used insider help to turn a secret $5,000 investment in a Florida condo development into more than $100,000 in quick profits.
The government also dismissed assertions by Stevens that his conduct was shielded by the constitution as a member of Congress, citing nine examples of Stevens' "errands" and requests involving Veco that had nothing to do with protected lawmaking.
Among them: an intercepted telephone call in which Stevens discusses how his son Ben, then the state Senate President, planned to push a bill favored by the oil industry as a prelude to gas development.
The new filings go substantially further than the indictment handed up against Stevens last month .....
... Stevens' activities went well beyond his legislative role and should not be protected. One example prosecutors cited was Stevens pushing for state legislation on a proposed natural gas pipeline ....
... the FBI secretly recorded telephone calls between Allen, Stevens, his legislative staff and his son ...
The prosecution has released what they needed to in opposition to a motion to move the trial to Alaska. I can't wait to discover the extent of the evidence, hopefully to be presented in full. To forestall that and to avoid life in prison, perhaps Sen. Stevens will need to plead guilty, meaning a resignation from the U. S. Senate.
If we do not get to see all the evidence, hopefully a deal--one including wearing a wire on Bush and Cheney--has already happened! Now that's a bridge to nowhere I can support!