FBI investigations into Alaska politics

Investigation backs prosecutors in Allen sex crime allegations

The Justice Department said Friday that its investigators found no misconduct in the decision of federal prosecutors to abandon the teen sex crime case against disgraced former Veco Corp. chairman Bill Allen, the government's star witness in the failed prosecution of then-Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens.

Two Stevens prosecutors taken to task in ethics report

The Justice Department's internal watchdog office has concluded that two federal prosecutors acted with reckless misconduct in the botched case against then-Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens and should be suspended without pay but not fired.

Was Stevens guilty? Question likely won't be answered

Colleen Walsh, one of the jurors who found then-Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens guilty in 2008, wonders every time she reads a story about prosecutors concealing evidence during the trial whether any of it would have resulted in a different verdict.

Ex-aide says Young wrongly used funds

Ex-aide says Young wrongly used funds

A former aide to Alaska Congressman Don Young told criminal investigators in 2008 that Young and his wife, Lu, used campaign funds for personal expenses including meals and travel between Alaska and Washington, D.C.

Stevens prosecutor defended against calls for his firing

Anchorage-based assistant U.S. Attorney Joe Bottini has been wrongfully smeared by allegations he purposefully hid evidence from the defense in the case against Sen. Ted Stevens, his attorney said Thursday in the face of calls for Bottini to be fired and even disbarred.

Federal prosecutor who headed Stevens case leaving Justice Department

The Justice Department on Monday announced the departure of a high-profile prosecutor who ran its ethics unit during the botched case against Sen. Ted Stevens and has since played a prominent role in the Obama administration's efforts to prosecute officials for leaking information to the press.

Document list outlines FBI's Florida investigation of Young

The U.S. Justice Department on Monday revealed a list of hundreds of documents from its investigation of Alaska Rep. Don Young and the infamous Coconut Road interchange in Florida, including a "potential witness list and indictment."

Rally by friends of Stevens seeks prosecutor accountability

An advocacy group started by friends of the late U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens is on a rampage, calling for accountability in the U.S. Department of Justice and specifically for the firing of two prosecutors and an FBI agent who pursued the flawed and failed corruption case against him.

Mistakes in Stevens case were isolated, Justice tells Congress

The Justice Department said Wednesday that its misconduct in the case against then-Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens was an isolated incident and Congress should not pass a law forcing prosecutors to disclose all evidence they have to the defense.

Stevens trial report details misconduct by prosecution team

The long-awaited report into the failed prosecution of former Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens emerged Thursday, packed with details about what went wrong and charging that prosecutors deliberately withheld evidence from the defense.

Congress reacts to prosecutorial misconduct findings

In scathing report, portrait of man who became Obama's leaks prosecutor

PDF: Schuelke report on Stevens prosecution

Congress reacts to prosecutorial misconduct findings

Congress is moving on the findings of prosecutorial misconduct in the Ted Stevens case, with Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski introducing a bill and the Senate Judiciary Committee planning a hearing on what happened.

In scathing report, portrait of man who became Obama's leaks prosecutor

A report on misconduct in the Justice Department released Thursday paints a picture of a rudderless and sometimes dysfunctional public corruption unit under the man who has since become the face of President Barack Obama's effort to crack down on officials who leak government secrets.

Who's who in the Schuelke report

Here is a who's who of key players in the Schuelke report on the prosecution of former Sen. Ted Stevens.

Stevens prosecutors lose bid to delay release of report

An appeals court denied an attempt to stop Thursday's release of an investigative report into misconduct by prosecutors in the case against former Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens. A jury found Stevens guilty in 2008 of lying on financial disclosure forms, but the convictions were thrown out a year later when the Justice Department admitted that it failed to turn over evidence to the defense that would have helped Stevens.

Murkowski questions expense of defending Stevens prosecutors

The U.S. Justice Department has so far paid $1.8 million for private attorneys to represent seven prosecutors facing a criminal contempt investigation in the botched case against the late Sen. Ted Stevens, and members of the Senate are saying it's inappropriate.

Judge orders release of report on Stevens prosecutors

A U.S. District court judge on Wednesday rejected an attempt by federal prosecutors to keep secret a report detailing their misconduct in the case against former Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens.

Judge's order to release report

Justice to investigate decision to drop Allen sex crimes case

The Justice Department has agreed to investigate whether there was misconduct involved in federal prosecutors' decision to not prosecute a teen sex crime case against disgraced former Veco Corp. chairman Bill Allen.

Feds must justify secrecy on Young investigation files

A federal judge in Washington ruled today that the Justice Department was wrong in categorically refusing to provide any of its criminal investigative files on Alaska Rep. Don Young to an anti-corruption public interest group.

PDF: Judge's ruling on Young files

Stevens' prosecutors lose contempt of court appeal

A contempt of court citation against the prosecutors who tried the late Sen. Ted Stevens has been upheld on appeal.

Murkowski wants probe of why feds won't prosecute Allen

Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski is asking for an investigation into why the federal Justice Department abandoned the teen sex crimes case against former Veco Corp. Chairman Bill Allen and blocked the state's effort to prosecute Allen.

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Allen unlikely to face child sex abuse charge

An effort by Alaska prosecutors to pursue a case against former Veco Corp. chief Bill Allen on allegations of child sexual abuse has ended with no charges, the state's top prosecutor said Monday.

Stevens prosecution team won't face criminal charges

Alaska Newsreader: Ex-wife of Bill Allen's son charged in murder

Stevens prosecution team won't face criminal charges

A 2 1/2 year investigation into the bungled prosecution of then-U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens found widespread and sometimes intentional misconduct by Justice Department attorneys in that and other Alaska corruption cases. But the special prosecutor who led the review isn't recommending they face criminal charges.

Allen unlikely to face child sex abuse charge

PDF: Judge's report on investigation of Stevens prosecutors

Bill Allen scheduled for release next week

A major figure in an Alaska political corruption scandal is expected to complete his prison sentence next week.

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Review of Stevens prosecution nears completion, Holder says

The Justice Department is almost finished with its investigation of misconduct in the 2008 prosecution of Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens, and senators upset about the case on Tuesday urged Attorney General Eric Holder to make it public.

Previous stories about Ted Stevens and the investigation

Kohring files defamation suit against Bill Allen

A former Alaska lawmaker convicted in a federal conspiracy case has filed a defamation lawsuit against one of the government's star witnesses.

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Guilty pleas end Alaska corruption probe

With the guilty pleas of two former legislators Friday, the seven-year federal investigation of corruption in Alaska came to a close, leaving some of the original targets off the hook but 10 others with criminal records, including six state legislators.

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Guilty pleas close Alaska corruption probe

Two former longtime Alaska legislators pleaded guilty to federal corruption charges this morning but will get no more prison time than they've already served. U.S. Attorney Karen Loeffler said that as far as her office is concerned, the book is now closed on the biggest corruption case in state history.

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Plea deal to keep ex-lawmakers Kott, Kohring out of prison

Prosecutors have agreed not to seek more prison time for ex-legislators Pete Kott and Vic Kohring, despite their fresh admissions that they accepted bribes to promote oil-tax legislation favored by industry.

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Former Rep. Kohring will plead guilty to federal charge

Former Rep. Vic Kohring said Monday that he will plead guilty to a federal extortion-conspiracy charge, forestalling the lone trial still pending from the huge FBI corruption investigation into Alaska politics.

Kott says he'll plead guilty to federal bribery charge

Former House Speaker Pete Kott said Thursday that he plans to plead guilty to a single federal charge of bribery, a move that would end proceedings in a case that began with a four-count indictment in 2007.

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Prosecution, defense plan to call Allen in Kohring trial

Both prosecution and defense plan to call former Veco chief executive Bill Allen as a witness in the upcoming corruption retrial of former Rep. Vic Kohring.

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Allen to show at Kohring corruption trial; may not testify

It looks like disgraced Veco chief executive Bill Allen will be attending former Rep. Vic Kohring's corruption retrial in Fairbanks next month -- whether federal prosecutors call him or not.

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Prosecutors allowed more time in Vic Kohring retrial

A federal judge in Anchorage is giving prosecutors more time to decide whether to call a key figure in the corruption retrial of former state lawmaker Vic Kohring.

Allen could testify in Kohring retrial

Prosecutors want more time to decide whether to call a key figure in an Alaska corruption case in the retrial of former state lawmaker Vic Kohring.

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Prosecutors undecided on whether to call Allen in Kohring retrial

Prosecutors want more time to decide whether to call a key figure in an Alaska corruption case in the retrial of former state lawmaker Vic Kohring.