FBI investigations into Alaska politics
Corruption scandal figure will get off probation early
Former state Rep. Tom Anderson should be released early from probation because he has completed a substance abuse program and "is no longer in need of supervision," the U.S. probation office in Anchorage said Tuesday.
FBI investigations into Alaska politics
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FBI INVESTIGATIONS INTO ALASKA POLITICS
Former Veco VP will be off probation for bribery early
Ex-Veco vice president Rick Smith, who pleaded guilty to bribing Alaska legislators, is poised to get his three-year probation lifted after only a year of supervision. Smith, 67, served a 21-month prison sentence and paid a $10,000 fine.
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BILL ALLEN / VECO
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...
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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.
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TED STEVENS
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.
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REP. DON YOUNG
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.
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TED STEVENS
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.
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FBI INVESTIGATIONS INTO ALASKA POLITICS
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."
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TED STEVENS
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.
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TED STEVENS
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.
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TED STEVENS
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.


