The Justice Department is a Series of Tubes
| July 29th, 2008So, Ted Stevens, you having a good day?
A federal grand jury has indicted longtime Senator Ted Stevens, Republican of Alaska, on corruption charges after more than a year’s investigation, a federal law enforcement official has confirmed to The Times’s David Johnston.
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Just a year ago, federal agents raided Mr. Stevens’ home following questions about renovations at the home. A few months before that, an Alaska businessman Bill J. Allen admitted to bribery, and in court papers acknowledged making $243,000 in possibly illegal payments to a state lawmaker identified only as “Senator B.” That abbreviation referred to Senator Ted Stevens’s son, Ben Stevens.
For reasons I’m unclear about, Andrea Mitchell is saying on MSNBC that this is news “no one could have predicted.” That is true, if for some reason you haven’t been paying any attention whatsoever to the sprawling, ongoing corruption in Alaska.
More to come, I’m sure.
