I think Stevens is going to the pokey.
FBI, IRS Raid Stevens' Home in Alaska as Part of Corruption Investigation
By Jonathan Allen | 10:33 PM; Jul. 30, 2007 | Email This Article
FBI and IRS agents raided the Alaska home of Sen. Ted Stevens Monday. The property has drawn scrutiny in a wide-ranging public-corruption probe.
"My attorneys were advised this morning that federal agents wished to search my home in Girdwood in connection with an ongoing investigation," Stevens, the senior Republican in the Senate, said in a statement released Monday evening.
"I continue to believe this investigation should proceed to its conclusion without any appearance that I have attempted to influence its outcome," he said. "I will continue my policy of not commenting on this investigation until it has concluded."
A federal grand jury in Washington, D.C., is investigating issues related to work done on the house by Veco Corp. and contractors hired by the company, according to recent reports by the Anchorage Daily News. A Stevens neighbor told the newspaper of being ordered by the grand jury to produce documents involving Stevens, his wife, Catharine, and his son Ben, a former state Senate president whose office was raided last year. Veco's founder, Bill Allen, pleaded guilty to bribing state legislators in May.
Stevens, who is up for re-election in 2008, said recently that he paid all the bills for work done on the house but went into no detail in Monday's written statement.
"The interests of justice and our state are best served if I make my comments after federal officials complete their work," Stevens said. "I urge Alaskans not to form conclusions based upon incomplete and sometimes incorrect reports in the media."
David Heller, the assistant special agent in charge of the FBI's Anchorage field office, confirmed the raid and the involvement of the IRS.
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