Weyhrauch lawyers optimistic after high court hearing

One of the attorneys urging the U.S. Supreme Court to strike down an anti-corruption statute told the justices on Tuesday that the law used in the case against a former Alaska lawmaker is "vague, amorphous," and "open-ended."

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Element of Weyhrauch case goes to Supreme Court

A case with roots in the Alaska political corruption investigation has worked its way up to the U.S. Supreme Court, which this week will take a look at two cases in which an anti-corruption statute is in question.

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Supreme Court sets date for Weyhrauch arguments

The U.S. Supreme Court has set Dec. 8 as the date for oral arguments in the appeal of former Rep. Bruce Weyhrauch, who is seeking to reinstate a court order that sharply limited the federal government's mail fraud case against him.

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Law used to indict Blagojevich challenged

Former Alaska state Rep. Bruce Weyhrauch is among several people nationwide challenging a law against "honest - services fraud," one of the charges against former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich.

Supreme Court takes Weyhrauch mail-fraud question

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear an appeal by former Alaska Rep. Bruce Weyhrauch that prosecutors shouldn't be allowed to say he cheated Alaska's citizens when he secretly sought work from the oil-field service company Veco during the 2006 legislative session.

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Weyhrauch asks Supreme Court to overturn fraud decision

Former Rep. Bruce Weyhrauch, awaiting trial on federal corruption charges, has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn an appeals court decision that applied the federal mail-fraud statute to his case.

Ex-state representative Weyhrauch plans appeal of court ruling

Former state Rep. Bruce Weyhrauch plans to appeal an appeals court ruling against him to the U.S. Supreme Court, his lawyer, Doug Pope of Anchorage, said Wednesday.

Weyhrauch seeks rehearing

Former Alaska Rep. Bruce Weyhrauch is asking the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to reconsider a decision two weeks ago that restored key evidence in his corruption indictment.

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Court will accept Weyhrauch evidence

Federal prosecutors can go forward with the corruption case against former state Rep. Bruce Weyhrauch using evidence that he failed to disclose his efforts to get a job with Veco Corp., under an appeal court ruling issued Wednesday.

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Indicted ex-lawmaker Weyhrauch loses appeal

The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals sided with federal prosecutors Wednesday and held that former state Rep. Bruce Weyhrauch can be tried for failing to disclose his efforts to get a job with Veco Corp. even if state law did not require such disclosure.

Trial of former legislator waiting on appeal

Fourteen months after his co-defendant went to trial and got convicted, former state Rep. Bruce Weyhrauch is still waiting for a federal appeals court to decide if prosecutors can use evidence against him they say they need.

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Panel weighs evidence in corruption case

A key piece of the corruption case against former Rep. Bruce Weyhrauch was debated Monday in Anchorage before a federal appeals court panel.

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Legislators' corruption trials split for appeal

A federal judge Wednesday ordered separate trials for two former Republican legislators to allow jury selection for one to move forward while the government appeals an earlier ruling favoring the other.

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Judge rules ex-lawmakers to be tried separately

A federal judge today split the pending corruption trial of two former Republican legislators to allow the trial of one to go ahead while the government appeals a ruling made this week favoring the other.

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Pete Kott-Rick Smith transcript

Pete Kott-Bill Allen phone call transcript (graphic language)

Kott wants a lid put on mixup over medication given to him

Former Alaska House Speaker Pete Kott is asking the judge in his political corruption case to prevent the jury from hearing evidence that ex-Veco chief executive Bill Allen supplied him with pills -- and that the results were not exactly as planned.

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Pete Kott-Rick Smith transcript

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Ex-legislators maneuver as corruption trial nears

With their public corruption trial just over a week away, former state Reps. Pete Kott and Bruce Weyhrauch are maneuvering to have big chunks of the prosecution case thrown out.

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FBI investigation overview

Ex-legislator asks for separate trial from co-defendant Kott

Three weeks before the corruption trial of former state Reps. Bruce Weyhrauch and Pete Kott is set to begin, Weyhrauch wants a judge to split his case from that of his co-defendant.

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Weyhrauch trial won't move

The corruption trial for former Rep. Bruce Weyhrauch, R-Juneau, will remain in Anchorage, a federal judge has ruled.

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Weyhrauch fought off bites of cold, mosquitoes

Despite uncontrollable shivering and swarming mosquitoes, former state legislator Bruce Weyhrauch says he never thought about the possibility of dying during the 17 hours he spent wet, cold and missing after falling off his boat and swimming to a nearby island in the icy waters of Auke Bay.

Federal authorities charge three legislators

Three more state legislators were arrested on federal corruption charges Friday, accused of selling their votes and influence to the oil field services company Veco Corp. and its chief executive, Bill Allen, during last year's debate on oil taxes.

Indictment (Anderson)

Indictment (Kott & Weyhrauch)

Indictment (Kohring)

VECO press release

Federal agents raid legislative offices

Federal agents swarmed legislative offices around the state Thursday, executing search warrants in a coordinated series of raids that appeared to target the longstanding relationship between the oil-field service company Veco and leading lawmakers. An FBI spokesman said federal agents executed about 20 search warrants statewide.