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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
Feds spend $1.8 million defending Stevens prosecutors
The federal government spent about $1.8 million on private lawyers for the prosecutors accused of misconduct in the botched prosecution of former Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens. A Justice Department spokesperson told USA Today that it's customary for the government to help employees defending themselves against charges arising from their work duties.
Ted Stevens portrait to be unveiled at state museum
A new portrait of the late U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens is expected to be unveiled at the Alaska State Museum this evening.
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.
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.
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.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 18
Federal prosecutor in Stevens case returns to corruption unit
A Justice Department lawyer transferred out of the public corruption unit in the wake of the botched trial of longtime Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens has returned to the unit, and his lawyer says he has been "completely exonerated" of wrongdoing by an internal investigation. Edward P. Sullivan was listed on the docket to appear in federal court today in the sentencing of a lobbyist and former GOP Senate aide in connection with the Jack Abramoff scandal, reports National Public Radio. Continued on jump
Ted Stevens Gallery opens at UAF
The Senator Ted Stevens Gallery at the University of Alaska Fairbanks is open.
Stevens plane crash leaves federal safety board puzzled
The Alaska plane crash that killed former U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens and four others last August may have been caused by the pilot's temporary unresponsiveness, the National Transportation Safety Board said Tuesday.
Stevens family comments on the NTSB report
The following statement was issued on Tuesday by the family of the late Sen. Ted Stevens
NTSB releases reports from investigation of Stevens crash
Newly released witness and survivor accounts paint a dramatic picture of the plane crash that killed U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens and four others last August but give no clear indication of the cause.
State closer to designating Ted Stevens Day
Alaska is one step closer to designating a day to honor the late-U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens.
Bill would designate Ted Stevens Day
The fourth Saturday of every July would be designated "Ted Stevens Day" under a measure advanced in the Alaska House on Monday.
FBI's files on Stevens offer glimpse into past
The FBI released thousands of pages of its files Friday on U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens, some six months after his death in a plane crash in Alaska.
NTSB urges airplane inspections in wake of Stevens crash
Federal safety officials investigating the plane crash that killed longtime Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens called for the inspection of emergency locater transmitters on noncommercial planes to ensure they are properly mounted and will function after a crash.
Archivist begins sorting Stevens records
The task of sorting through the records of the late Sen. Ted Stevens of Alaska is getting under way at a warehouse in Fairbanks.
Group to discuss Stevens legacy
A panel of Alaska historians, journalists and state leaders is planning to discuss the legacy of former Sen. Ted Stevens this week at the University of Alaska Fairbanks.
Plane crash survivor recounts finding Stevens dead
Former NASA chief Sean O'Keefe was knocked unconscious when the floatplane he was in crashed on a remote mountainside in Alaska. He awoke in a daze with former Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens sitting near him.
Ted Stevens takes his place among Alaska's tallest peaks
The federal government is naming one of the state's tallest peaks and a massive Southcentral ice field after former longtime Sen. Ted Stevens. Congress mandated the naming in legislation that President Barack Obama signed Oct. 18. Stevens was U.S. senator for Alaska from 1968 through 2008. He died in early August in a Western Alaska plane crash.
Alaska icefield, mountain peak officially named for Stevens
President Obama signed into law Monday a bill naming a mountain and an icefield in Alaska after longtime Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens.
Judge lifts contempt citation against Stevens prosecutors
Civil contempt proceedings were dismissed Tuesday against three of the prosecutors involved in the criminal case against Sen. Ted Stevens, but a criminal contempt investigation continues.
Stevens' name goes to mountain, ice field
The U.S. House on Thursday passed a bill naming a mountain and part of an ice field after the late Ted Stevens.
House passes bill honoring Stevens with landmarks
The U.S. House today passed a bill naming a mountain and part of an ice field after the late Ted Stevens.
Stevens gets full military honors in Arlington Cemetery burial
As the roar of fighter jets faded and a bugler sounded the final notes of taps, a hawk hovered over Sen. Ted Stevens' grave Tuesday afternoon at Arlington National Cemetery.
Murkowski wants to add Stevens' name to the map
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski has proposed legislation to name a mountain and part of an ice field in Denali National Park and Preserve for the late Sen. Ted Stevens.
Video shows survivors of Stevens crash being transported
A video released today shows survivors of the plane crash that killed former U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens being loaded into a Coast Guard cargo plane and treated during a flight to Anchorage.
Anti-corruption unit's new chief aims to restore credibility
A 41-year-old prosecutor with a love for courtroom work and an impressive record aims to restore credibility to the U.S. Justice Department's elite Public Integrity Section in the wake of the Ted Stevens prosecution debacle.
Sen. Ted Stevens will be buried at Arlington National Cemetery
Former U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens will be buried at Arlington National Cemetery near Washington, D.C., in a ceremony with relatives and friends.
ALASKA POLITICS BLOG
Stevens to be buried Sept. 28 at Arlington National Cemetery
Longtime Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens, killed in an Aug. 9 plane crash near Dillingham, will be buried Sept. 28 at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia, his family announced today. The ceremony will be open only to family and friends.
Stevens plane's beacon dislodged on impact, investigators say
Federal investigators say the plane that crashed earlier this month in Southwest Alaska, killing longtime U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens and four others, was equipped with an emergency locator beacon but that the transmitter separated from its mounting bracket on impact.
FAA chief in Alaska next week for aviation safety meetings
The head of the Federal Aviation Administration will be in Alaska next week for meetings on flight safety and the state of aviation here.
Service celebrates the life of Ted Stevens
Ted Stevens' friends and former colleagues, including the vice president, remembered him at his funeral service as a generous, loyal man who went far beyond partisan politics and was a master in delivering vast sums to the state he embodied.
ALASKA POLITICS BLOG
Alaska Politics blog: Stevens' casket carried out as service ends
Ted Stevens’ friends and former colleagues, including Vice President Joe Biden, remembered him as a generous, loyal man who went far beyond partisan politics and had a prowess for delivering vast sums to build the state he embodied.
Biden, Inouye speak at Stevens funeral
A look at the lives of 4 other crash victims
Four other people perished along with former Sen. Ted Stevens in the crash of a floatplane on Aug. 9.
Biden, Inouye speak at Stevens funeral
Vice President Joe Biden, speaking at Ted Stevens' funeral service Wednesday, recalled how the Alaska Republican reached out when the Democratic Biden was first elected to the Senate and had just lost his wife and daughter in a car accident.
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The flag-draped casket sat on the altar at All Saints Episcopal Church, flanked by military guards, their faces blank. The public trickled in, voices hushed. Some people wore raincoats. Some wore suits. Some pushed strollers. Each waited for a turn to stand for a moment in front of Ted Stevens' casket.
Saying goodbye to Sen. Stevens
Saying goodbye to Sen. Stevens
Today's memorial service.
Stevens lies in repose today; motorcade tonight
Alaskans continue to pay respects to Sen. Ted Stevens today. His casket was brought to All Saints Episcopal Church this morning, and the public closed-casket viewing runs until 8 p.m. Then, a motorcade will transport Stevens' body to Anchorage Baptist Temple for Wednesday's funeral service.
Vice President Biden to speak at Stevens service Wednesday
Vice President Joe Biden will speak at a Wednesday memorial service for Ted Stevens at the Anchorage Baptist Temple. The service is open to the public and will be televised statewide.
Stevens celebrated at Anchorage Mass
Mourners filled an Anchorage Catholic church to remember former U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens, launching a three-day tribute to the Alaska Republican a week after he died in a plane crash.
Alaska's legendary figures -- the ones who helped shape the Last Frontier, in fact and in the nation's imagination -- are mostly gone. Ted Stevens was perhaps the giant of them all.
Teen survivor of Stevens plane crash released from hospital
An Anchorage hospital has released one of the four people who survived a plane crash that killed former U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens and four others.
New times for Tindall memorials
NTSB gains insight into crash weather
A pilot who was flying in about the same area as the plane that crashed and killed Sen. Ted Stevens last week gave safety investigators what they call their best idea so far of what the weather was like when the de Havilland Otter plowed into a mountain.
GCI president reflects on tragic day
The weather was lousy, and the fishing was good as former Sen. Ted Stevens began what was to be a four-day visit to the GCI-owned lodge in Southwest Alaska last weekend.
NTSB: Plane with Stevens had danger alert system
The float plane carrying former Sen. Ted Stevens that crashed near Dillingham this week was equipped with a technology meant to alert the pilot that dangerous terrain was ahead, the National Transportation Safety Board's chairwoman said Friday.
Crash survivor doesn't recall unusual noises
A survivor of the crash that killed five people including former Sen. Ted Stevens told investigators he didn't hear any strange engine noises before the floatplane struck a mountain north of Dillingham.
GCI president reflects on tragic day
Funeral services set for Stevens
Here are the updated plans for the services for former Alaska U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens, who died in a plane crash early this week. All events are open to the public.
Veteran pilot was filling in at GCI lodge
The pilot of a float plane that crashed a GCI plane Monday north of Dillingham killing former Sen. Ted Stevens and four others was acting as a temporary replacement for the company's primary pilot who had quit mid-summer, GCI President Ron Duncan said today.
Funeral services set for Stevens
Stevens in great spirits day before crash, guide recalls
Funeral plans for Stevens are set
Investigators still waiting to talk to Stevens crash survivors
The "Alaskan of the 20th century" and most senior Senate Republican in history was convicted of seven counts of making false statements by failing to disclose gifts received from Veco Corp. His conviction was later overturned due to prosecution misconduct.
Alaska Senator Ted Stevens' burial at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia, September 28, 2010.
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The memorial for Senator Ted Stevens was at the Anchorage Baptist Temple Wednesday, August 18, 2010.
Stevens public viewing and procession
Senator Ted Stevens' casket was in All Saints Episcopal Church Tuesday for a public viewing. Late in the day a procession took the casket to the Anchorage Baptist Temple.
Ted Stevens was killed in an airplane crash near Dillingham, Alaska August 10, 2010.
A federal judge set aside a jury's guilty verdict and the indictment against former Sen. Ted Stevens, April 7, 2009.
Distress beacon was registered to crashed plane, NOAA says
Stevens in great spirits day before crash, guide recalls
Investigators still waiting to talk to Stevens crash survivors
Funeral plans for Stevens are set
Senate passes resolution honoring ex-Sen. Stevens
Stevens will be honored today with US Senate resolution
Stevens crash victims marooned for hours
Pilot: Waving hand was first sign of survivors
Stevens made history with tenacious style
Long, cold night for survivors after crash that killed Stevens
Stevens, 4 others die in plane crash
US Senate to honor Ted Stevens on Thursday
Pilot in Stevens crash came from a flying family (N.Y. Times)
Stevens helped shape US Olympic sports, Title IX
GCI executive killed in crash called a 'brilliant strategist'
Stevens' life inseparable from story of state he loved
Stevens dies in plane crash; O'Keefe survives
Alaska State Trooper, National Guard statements on Stevens crash
Ted Stevens recalls long friendship with Sen. Byrd
Ethics complaint against Bundy dismissed
Feds choose new leaders for anti-corruption unit
Federal corruption investigators get new leadership
BP donation to fund Stevens record work
Lead federal attorney in Stevens prosecution resigns post
Stevens still popular with oil industry
Special prosecutor in Stevens case can force testimony
Stevens legal defense bill tops $1 million
Stevens prosecutor may be removed from another case
Fishermen laud ex-Sen. Stevens
Transcripts show Stevens turned down a plea offer
Stevens rejected plea deal before trial, transcripts show
Holder vows change after Stevens debacle
Stevens files candidacy for 2014 election
Alaska Bar withdraws motion on license
Holder warns US prosecutors of increased scrutiny
State House wants US apology to Stevens
Special prosecutor has broad experience
Judge's list of prosecution missteps
Stevens conviction dismissed; judge orders prosecution investigation
Judge says Stevens case misconduct not unique
Bios of prosecutors under criminal investigation
Stevens judge seeks prosecution documents
Palin, Republicans call for special Senate election
Key players in the case of former Sen. Ted Stevens
U.S. attorney general ends Stevens prosecution
Stevens' Oct. 6, 2002, note to Bill Allen
Alaskans react to end of Stevens prosecution
Whistle-blowers may get to testify in Stevens trial
Stevens judge ponders new testimony
Stevens archives will go to UAF - with conditions
Stevens' prosecutors removed from misconduct proceedings
Key players contest FBI whistle-blower allegations
Judge lets attorney off hook for contempt in Stevens trial
Stevens prosecutors comply with order
Stevens prosecutors admit another error
Stevens judge says statement not needed
Murkowski initiated failed bid for Stevens pardon
No Bush pardon for Stevens in the works
Sen. Murkowski requests pardon for Stevens
U.S. appeals judge's order in Stevens case
Stevens trial judge demands answers from Mukasey
Stevens prosecutors admit error
Details of FBI agent's complaint revealed
Ailing Stevens trial witness dies in Anchorage
Stevens witness affirms immunity offer
FBI whistleblower alleges Stevens trial misconduct
Whistle-blower adds twist to Stevens case
Alaska Bar urges court to reject Stevens plea
Stevens fights to keep state law license
Stevens seeks retrial in Alaska
Stevens asks for new trial in Alaska
Judge sides with Stevens lawyers
Will Alaska pay price for ousting Stevens?
Bush pardon for Stevens isn't out of the question
Is a presidential pardon in the cards for Ted Stevens?
Judge calls hearing for flip-flopping Stevens witness
Letter adds new twist to Stevens conviction
Stevens witness says testimony wasn't true
Stevens bids farewell in speech to Senate
Bar groups want suspension of Stevens' license
The rise and fall of Sen. Ted Stevens
Revisiting Ted Stevens' childhood
Combative Stevens hurt himself by testifying, jurors say
GOP delays vote on Stevens' status
GOP hopes voters solve Stevens issue
Embattled Stevens readies defense to keep law license
Stevens likely to face cold Senate reception
Exit polling shows trial wasn't a factor for many
Stevens juror admits lying about funeral
Anchorage rally welcomes Stevens
McCain, Palin urge Stevens to quit
Stevens guilty: 'It's not over yet,' he says
Stevens plans return to campaign today
Stevens could keep seat in Senate
Stevens jury gets down to detail work
Stevens jury gets an alternate
Friend's eatery located on road Stevens got paved
Juror's absence might hold up Stevens decision
Stevens trial judge weighs jury options
Stevens jury goes home after chaotic day
Senate would decide Stevens' ultimate fate
Stevens supporters, staff join wait for a verdict
Judge sends Stevens jurors home for day
Which Stevens will jurors judge?
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