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.
Seattle defense attorney John Henry Browne has withdrawn as former state Rep. Vic Kohring's lawyer.
Kohring sentenced to 3½ years in prison
A federal judge sentenced former Wasilla state Rep. Vic Kohring to 3½ years in prison Thursday for taking bribes in a scheme to keep Alaska oil taxes down.
Judge rejects Kohring request to talk to juror
Former state Rep. Vic Kohring has suffered another legal setback ahead of his sentencing Thursday.
Friends of Kohring urge judge to go easy
Former state Rep. Vic Kohring was naive and accepted gifts of cash from a man he thought was his friend, but he didn't do special favors in return, his lawyer says in a sentencing memorandum to the judge filed Friday.
Kohring supporters ask judge for lenient sentence
Former state Rep. Vic Kohring was naive and accepted gifts of cash from a man he thought was his friend, but he didn't do special favors in return, his lawyer says in a sentencing memorandum to the judge filed Friday. Friends and political supporters of Kohring weighed in with letters that urge the judge to go easy.
Remorseful juror contacted Kohring after verdict
A juror on the panel that convicted former state Rep. Vic Kohring of corruption charges last year was distressed by the outcome and tried to reach him to talk about it, says Kohring's lawyer.
JUNEAU -- Federal prosecutors aren't ready just yet to recommend sentences for their two witnesses in an ongoing federal corruption probe.
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.
Q&A: Don Young and the Coconut Road controversy
Here's what's known and what isn't about Rep. Don Young's earmark for $10 million in un-asked-for money to study a highway interchange in Florida.
Senate seeks inquiry into Young earmark
If federal investigators haven't already got the message, the U.S. Senate made it clear Wednesday: It wants an inquiry into Rep. Don Young's 2005 earmark for the Coconut Road interchange in Florida.
Young's legal fees surpass $1 million
WASHINGTON - U.S. Rep. Don Young has spent more than $1.1 million on lawyers to fend off Justice Department investigations, according to his campaign spending report.
Judge dismisses Kohring's bias claim, sets sentencing date
U.S. District Judge John Sedwick on Monday rejected former state Rep. Vic Kohring's accusations of bias and set sentencing for May 8 for his convictions on bribery, conspiracy and attempted extortion.
Kohring makes bid to overturn conviction
Former state Rep. Vic Kohring filed two dozen documents in federal court this week to bolster his argument to throw out his conviction or win a new trial.
Murkowski staff chief pleads guilty
Jim Clark, once at the heart of power as former Gov. Frank Murkowski's chief of staff, became a contrite, convicted felon Tuesday as he pleaded guilty to a federal conspiracy charge stemming from an illegal effort to re-elect his boss in 2006.
Former Murkowski aide admits conspiracy guilt
The federal corruption investigation reached into the office of former Gov. Frank Murkowski on Monday when his chief of staff, Jim Clark, agreed to plead guilty to a felony conspiracy charge involving the defunct oil-field company Veco.
Alaska's most powerful [unelected] official (1/4/2004)
"Ladies and gentlemen," declared House Speaker Pete Kott. "Jim Clark is here." It was after 10 p.m. on a Saturday in May, just days before the Legislature was to adjourn for the year.
Political poll bills covered by Veco (9/23/2007)
In April 2006, then-Gov. Frank Murkowski's popularity sagged among the worst of any governor in the nation, and the state waited to see if he would run for re-election.
State legislators called him "Governor Clark" during the four years he molded Alaska government as the enormously influential chief of staff and close confidante of Gov. Frank Murkowski.
Prosecutors scorn Kohring allegations
"Nothing more than wild conjecture based on erroneous and stale information." That's how federal prosecutors sum up accusations of bias by former Rep. Vic Kohring.
Corruption probes still on the burner
Nine months after the most recent charges in the wide-ranging investigation into public corruption in Alaska and nearly three months after the most recent guilty verdict, federal authorities will say only that their investigation continues.
SeaLife Center deal was good for ex-aide to Stevens
New documents have emerged in Seward showing that a $1.6 million earmark in 2005 by Sen. Ted Stevens was engineered so it would lead to the purchase of property owned by his former aide, Trevor McCabe, an Anchorage fisheries lobbyist.
Kohring in limbo on plea for trial
A federal judge on Wednesday said he couldn't consider former House Rep. Vic Kohring's request to have the judge overseeing his case step down.
Kohring accuses his trial judge of bias
Late last week, just days before his scheduled sentencing on corruption charges, former state Rep. Vic Kohring accused the federal judge presiding over his case of bias and asked that a jury's guilty verdicts be thrown out.
Allen teen sex inquiry reopened
Anchorage police have reopened an investigation into allegations that Bill Allen, the government's key witness in the ongoing corruption inquiry and once a leading political force in Alaska, had sex with an underage girl in the mid-1990s.
Federal prosecutors want sentencing delay
Federal prosecutors in the political corruption cases want to delay indefinitely the sentencing of former Veco chief executive Bill Allen and vice president Rick Smith.
Rep. Young's legal fees mount, new report shows
WASHINGTON - U.S. Rep. Don Young's re-election campaign spent $854,035 on legal fees during 2007, according to a report filed Thursday. And Alaska's lone congressman still isn't saying what the lawyers are doing for the money.
High-profile sentencings delayed
Two sentencing hearings in unrelated federal cases have been rescheduled.
Judge refuses to delay Kott's date to report for prison term
Former state House Speaker Pete Kott must begin his six-year prison term on Thursday. Kott, convicted of three public corruption charges, had asked to delay reporting to prison until Feb. 1 so he could be around for the birth of his grandchild. The baby is due next week.
Health cited as senator resigns chairmanship
Anchorage Sen. John Cowdery, ailing and implicated in the Veco bribery scandal, announced Tuesday that he was stepping down from the powerful position of rules chairman of the state Senate.
Ex-House Speaker Kott asks for later prison date
Former Alaska House Speaker Pete Kott has asked federal officials if he can start his prison sentence later than planned. Kott said he wants to delay reporting to prison until Feb. 1 so he can support his daughter, who is scheduled to give birth around Jan. 21.
Suspicion surrounds Cowdery - and his yacht
Longtime state Sen. John Cowdery, who just announced that he won't run again, hasn't been charged with anything, but his name keeps popping up in the federal investigation into corruption in Alaska.
Senate minority calls for colleague to resign
The state Senate minority has sent a letter to Anchorage Sen. John Cowdery asking him to resign from public office because he has been implicated in the Veco bribery scandal.
Kott files appeal of 6-year sentence, federal convictions
Former Alaska House Speaker Pete Kott has appealed both his conviction and his six-year sentence on federal corruption charges. Kott also has asked the court to let him remain free until his appeal is heard by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, his attorney, James Wendt, said Wednesday.
APOC decides Sen. McGuire earned her consulting fees
A claim that Anchorage state Sen. Lesil McGuire did nothing to earn $10,500 in consulting fees from Providence Health System four years ago was unanimously dismissed Tuesday by the Alaska Public Offices Commission.
Corruption investigation overview
Round-up of events and players involved in the FBI's investigation. Updated as information is unvield through trials and news reports.
The strength of the FBI investigations has been the hours of secretly recorded video surveillance and telephone wire taps. We have produced almost all audio and video that was submitted as evidence in the three trials to-date: Tom Anderson, Pete Kott and Vic Kohring.
FBI video: Vic Kohring surveillance
FBI video: Pete Kott surveillance
FBI Video: Tom Anderson surveillance
Former state Rep. Vic Kohring for Wasilla resigned after being indicted on charges of extortion and bribery.
Korhing convicted on 3 of 4 counts
Video: Surveillance tapes submitted as evidence in Korhing trial
Audio: FBI wiretaps submitted as evidence
Former Alaska House Speaker of Eagle River indicted on bribery, extortion and conspiracy charges.
Video: FBI surveillance video from Suite 604, Baranof Hotel
Audio: FBI surveillance tapes and Bill Allen testimony from Kott trial
Former state Rep. Tom Anderson was found guilty of seven felony charges of conspiracy and bribery.
Video: Surveillance tapes submitted as evidence in Anderson trial
Former state Rep. Bruce Weyhrauch of Juneau is charged with bribery, extortion and conspiracy.
The most senior Republican in the U.S. Senate and Alaska's most famous political figure.
Alaska's lone representative and the former chairman of the House Transportation Committee.
The former state Senate president earned $243,250 in four years as a consultant for Veco.
Oil-field service company Veco and its CEO Bill Allen are at the center of Alaska's political corruption scandals.
Audio: Kohring trial opening statements and Bill Allen testimony
Corrupt Bastards Club: From barroom joke to federal warrants
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So far, just speculation in Ben Stevens probe
29 letter writers attempt to lighten Kott's sentence
Convicted former legislator Anderson off to Oregon to begin sentence
Prosecution wants max for Kott
Bobrick's lawyer releases McGuire's phone messages
Lesil McGuire accused of threatening witness
PBS documentary features 'Big Oil' and Alaska
Former lobbyist likely to spend time behind bars
Judge OKs two getaways for Kott
Former legislator set to enter Oregon federal prison Dec. 3
Earmarks, favors: Young used position for funds and his donors' projects
No retrial or acquittal for Kott
APOC to work with feds in corruption inquiry
Conviction snagged on one point
'Little fish' Kohring gets sympathy
Feds 3 for 3; legislators expect more busts
Defense rests without Kohring's testimony
Kohring neither defiant nor remorseful
Defense rests without Kohring's testimony
Allen drops blackmail bombshell in Kohring trial testimony
Is oil-tax taint real, or did PPT pass fairly?
Kohring's lawyer is known for being flamboyant, effective
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