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Politics : The Obama - Clinton Disaster -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Bald Eagle who wrote (10696)	4/7/2009 12:03:47 PM
From: DuckTapeSunroof	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 103300

"Judge dismisses charges against former Sen. Ted Stevens," Yep! "orders investigation of prosecutors" (Those would be the prosecutors assigned to the case during the Bush years, right? :-)

To: Bald Eagle who wrote (10696)	4/7/2009 5:01:30 PM
From: Thomas M.	Read Replies (5) \| Respond to of 103300

So a longtime crony of Ted Stevens lies to prosecutors (tells prosecutors one thing in private, then another thing in court) and Stevens uses that loophole to escape justice. The right-wing reaction to this travesty will tell us something about their commitment to law and order. The new team of Justice lawyers, Paul O'Brien, David Jaffe and William Stuckwisch, were preparing for an April 15 status hearing when they found notes from two prosecutors taken during an interview in April 2008 of the government's chief witness, Bill Allen, a longtime Stevens friend and wealthy oilman in Alaska. The notes contradicted testimony Allen gave at trial regarding the value of renovations on Stevens' chalet and to what extent Stevens was billed for the work. Stevens, who maintained he paid for all the work at his home for which he received bills, was accused of failing to report more than $250,000 in home repairs and gifts on his Senate disclosure forms. The new information could have been used to undercut Allen's credibility at trial. law.com Tom