By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — The FBI on Friday released about 3,600 pages on the late Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens, about 2,700 of which were from media reports. The files included complaints received by the FBI Anchorage office alleging “instances of Stevens being involved in corruption or other illegal activities” and Stevens accepting free…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — A draft by the Justice Department’s Office of Professional Responsibility concluded that two prosecutors and an FBI agent in the Sen. Ted Stevens case engaged in misconduct,the Associated Press reported. AP, citing ” a lawyer familiar with the matter,” said the report found that prosecutors Joseph Bottini and James…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Senator Ted Stevens is dead and so is one of the prosecutors in the prosecution of the Stevens case, who committed suicide. On Monday, the latest twist in a perplexing case surfaced when NPR’s Carrie Johnson reported that the prosecutors in the bungled 2008 prosecution of the Alaskan senator…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — The controversial and bungled Ted Stevens case continues to pop up in the news. The latest: A fed judge in Washington on Tuesday dismissed a civil contempt order against three senior Justice Department lawyers. The judge, Emmet G. Sullivan, found them in contempt for failing to turn over materials…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Ex-Deputy Attorney Gen. David Ogden, who returned to private practice after a brief stint in the Obama Justice Department, said Tuesday that the government’s decision to drop the Sen. Ted Stevens case in 2009 after he’d been convicted was “painful”, according to the website The BLT: The Blog of…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The government’s key witness in the Sen. Ted Steven’s trial is heading off to prison. U.S. District Judge John Sedwick sentenced Bill Allen, 72, to three years in prison and a $750,000 fine, according to the Anchorage Daily News. In May 2007, he pleaded guilty to bribery, conspiracy and tax violations….
Assist. Atty. Gen. Lanny Breuer says he doesn’t think there’s widespread prosecutorial misconduct. Still, problems with sharing evidence with the defense has surfaced far too often. At least the department acknowledges that it’s an issue that needs to be addressed. By Carrie Johnson Washington Post Staff Writer WASHINGTON — Justice Department leaders are pressing ahead…
This controversy is far from over. But apparently some prosecutors outside of Washington feel Atty. Gen. Eric Holder bowed to politics when he dismissed the Ted Stevens case. Are they right? Or was Holder just trying to do the right thing? By Dan Levine The Legal Pad When Attorney General Eric Holder dismissed all charges…
