Regarding the charges brought. Why not bribery? The charges are for false filings under penalty of perjury, and have mandatory prison terms. I suspect that Ted Stevens is being leveraged, as in forced to cooperate to avoid life in prison, for the purpose of gaining more convictions. It is possible that some of the other targets are also Republican Senators.
Who's Who in the "Corrupt Bastards Club" ??
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x2101151Stevens, Corrupt VECO CEO Campaign Contributions. More R Senators Involved.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x2062738Funds even flowed from Stevens to McCain!
Lots of Big Oil money was sloshing about, to PACs, from Pacs to Rs, from R to R ....
Then there were the free fishing trips ....
Mark my words,
Ted is the new Jack Abramoff.VECO gave lots of money to Ted's PAC. And Ted gave his PAC money to:
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