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House ethics panel investigates Florida earmark linked to Young

A leaked U.S. House Ethics Committee memo shows that the committee requested information from a Florida congressman about the infamous Coconut Road earmark linked to Alaska Rep. Don Young.

Young silent about documents linking him to corruption probe

Rep. Don Young on Thursday would not talk about new court filings that for the first time directly tie him to the Alaska corruption investigation through gifts and illegal campaign contributions by Bill Allen and his oil-field service company, Veco.

Video: Rep. Young at the AFN Convention

Judge rejects Allen bid to delay sentencing

Young's campaign fund not as hefty as in years past

U.S. Rep. Don Young is writing checks to his lawyers and continues to pay out more money from his campaign account than he's taking in.

Prosecutors again delay Zachares' sentencing

For the eighth time since Mark Zachares' guilty plea to a felony conspiracy charge in April 2007, prosecutors have gotten approval to delay the sentencing of a former top committee aide to U.S. Rep. Don Young.

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Young continues to pay legal bills from campaign funds

Rep. Don Young, R-Alaska, continues to have sizeable legal bills, and he continues to pay them out of his campaign finance account, according to disclosure forms filed this week with the Federal Election Commission.

Fishery interests top givers to Young fund

Rep. Don Young's spending on lawyers appears to be slowing, as has the money he's raising to pay his legal bills.

Young now paying lawyers solely from defense fund

Rep. Don Young is no longer paying lawyers with his campaign account, federal disclosure forms show, and the Alaska Republican actually got a refund from one attorney who was representing a campaign employee.

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Former Young aide is indicted in lobbying scandal

A second former high-level committee aide to Rep. Don Young was accused Friday of violating federal anti-corruption laws in the long-running Abramoff lobbying scandal.

PDF: Verrusio indictment

Young bumped from top House committee spot

U.S. Rep. Don Young, who once wielded power as chairman of the House Resources Committee and in recent years was its senior Republican, lost his spot on the panel Wednesday.

Young votes for auto industry bailout

Don Young's campaign funds pay for more attorney bills

Rep. Don Young's most recent campaign finance report shows that he continues to pay his sizable legal bills using his campaign account.

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Young's troubles expose rift in Republican ranks

When Congress voted to investigate how a national highway spending bill on the watch of Don Young came to include a Florida project that lawmakers had not voted on, critics predicted trouble at the ballot box for the Alaska congressman.

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Young's defense fund gets $54,000, spends it

Old friends, along with fishing- and construction-related companies, gave Alaska Rep. Don Young $54,000 to help him pay legal expenses connected to a federal criminal probe, according to a disclosure form filed with the U.S. House.

Young spends campaign money on lawyers

U.S. Rep. Don Young spent about as much campaign money on lawyers helping him fend off a corruption probe as he raised for his re-election bid over the past three months.

E-mail warned of opponents' plan of attack

Alaska Congressman Don Young's staff was shaken by the 2006 defeat of California Rep. Richard Pombo, one of Young's closest Republican colleagues in the House, who was painted by his opponents as being short on ethics.

If Young needs help, he turns to lobbyists

Facing bad publicity and a dwindling campaign account, U.S. Rep. Don Young last year turned to the "AK Wolfpack," a group of more than 20 lobbyists, including former Young staffers and retired former congressmen, with close ties to the Alaska Republican.

PDF: E-mail from Michael Anderson to the "Wolfpack"

Young paid lawyer to aid campaign head

WASHINGTON -- Of the more than $1 million in legal fees spent by U.S. Rep. Don Young to defend in a federal criminal inquiry this past year, about $35,000 went toward a lawyer to represent his campaign manager in the same investigation.

Parnell cultivates support from right

Lt. Gov. Sean Parnell is planning to run as more right-wing than Congressman Don Young on taxing and spending as he tries to persuade Alaska Republican voters to dump Young in the primary.

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Could Stevens and Young be indicted so close to elections?

Campaigning under the cloud of federal investigations is tough enough, but could Sen. Ted Stevens or Rep. Don Young have the added worries of an indictment before they face the voters?

PDF: 3 decades of corruption

Bills mount; Young's legal fund doesn't

Rep. Don Young has reported "no activity" in the special legal fund he set up to accept donations and pay for lawyers assisting his defense in federal investigations.

Young's legal fees surpass $1 million

Young defends road earmark for Florida

Rep. Don Young for the first time offered a public defense of a secretive transportation earmark that so angered fellow lawmakers they called on the Justice Department to investigate it.

Video: Rep. Young's speech

Young tries to explain Coconut Road earmark

WASHINGTON - Rep. Don Young for the first time offered a public defense of a secretive transportation earmark that so angered fellow lawmakers that they called on the Justice Department to investigate it.

Key events in the Coconut Road earmark

Video: Rep. Young's speech

Transcript: Rep. Young's speech

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