The lawyer who oversaw the Alaska corruption prosecutions, including botched cases against former U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens and two former state legislators, will step down from his role as head of the Justice Department's Public Integrity Section.
Stevens still popular with oil industry
Former Sen. Ted Stevens on Thursday broke the public silence he has maintained since his election defeat in November, delivering a vintage pro-development speech that steered clear of the issues that cost him his job.
Alaska Politics blog: Begich says he and Stevens haven't spoken since before election
Special prosecutor in Stevens case can force testimony
A special prosecutor was granted authority Tuesday to compel testimony from the Justice Department team that took Sen. Ted Stevens to trial and to subpoena the former lead FBI agent in the Alaska corruption investigation and key witness Bill Allen and his attorney.
Stevens legal defense bill tops $1 million
Former Sen. Ted Stevens owes up to $5 million in legal fees to the law firm that defended him against charges he failed to report gifts and services, his final Senate report on personal finances shows.
PDF: Stevens financial disclosure report
Alaska Politics blog: New federal team in corruption prosecution
Stevens prosecutor may be removed from another case
A federal judge wants to keep a prosecutor already under investigation for his role in the Ted Stevens case out of a separate congressional corruption trial.
Fishermen laud ex-Sen. Stevens
In a rare public appearance since a federal judge threw out charges against him for accepting illegal gifts, former Sen. Ted Stevens was in Kodiak on Thursday to be honored by United Fishermen of Alaska.
Former Sen. Ted Stevens can practice law again in the District of Columbia after his federal corruption conviction was thrown out.
Transcripts show Stevens turned down a plea offer
ormer Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens turned down a plea offer that would have spared him a corruption trial and the possibility of imprisonment, according to newly released transcripts of conversations between attorneys and the judge.
Stevens rejected plea deal before trial, transcripts show
Former Sen. Ted Stevens turned down a plea offer that would have spared him a corruption trial and the possibility of imprisonment, according to newly released court documents.
Holder vows change after Stevens debacle
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said today he's considering changes including new training and resources in response to allegations of prosecutor misconduct in the case of former Sen. Ted Stevens.
State House wants US apology to Stevens
Stevens files candidacy for 2014 election
Former U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens of Alaska has filed a statement of candidacy for the 2014 election, but an aide cautions against reading too much into the move.
Alaska Bar withdraws motion on license
With the dismissal of all charges against former Sen. Ted Stevens, the Alaska Bar Association on Wednesday withdrew its motion seeking suspension of Stevens' law license.
Holder warns US prosecutors of increased scrutiny
Attorney General Eric Holder on Wednesday warned federal prosecutors of increased scrutiny in the wake of mistakes in the corruption case against former Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens.
Judge says Stevens case misconduct not unique
Stevens files candidacy for 2014 election
Alaska Bar withdraws motion on license
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State House wants US apology to Stevens
The Alaska House of Respresentatives Wednesday passed a resolution asking the federal government to apologize to Ted Stevens and let him sue the Department of Justice.
Stevens conviction dismissed; judge orders prosecution investigation
Special prosecutor has broad experience
The investigation into whether prosecutors broke the law in pursuing their case against former Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens is being led by a Harley-riding attorney known for his low-key style and experience on both sides of criminal law.
Stevens conviction dismissed; judge orders prosecution investigation
A brief biography of the presiding judge in the Ted Stevens trial.
Judge's list of prosecution missteps
Judge Emmet Sullivan cited a series of prosecutorial missteps that occurred before, during and after the Stevens trial that warrant further investigation and possible charges of criminal contempt.
Stevens conviction dismissed; judge orders prosecution investigation
A special prosecutor will investigate whether government attorneys broke the law by failing to ensure former Sen. Ted Stevens received a fair trial, a federal judge said Tuesday.
Judge's list of prosecution missteps
Judge says Stevens case misconduct not unique
Judge says Stevens case misconduct not unique
In setting aside former Sen. Ted Stevens' indictment on Tuesday, a federal judge declared war on what he said is an increasingly pervasive government tactic in the administration of American justice: the penchant on the part of federal prosecutors to withhold evidence.
Bios of prosecutors under criminal investigation
Brief biographical sketches of six federal prosecutors under investigation for mishandling the trial of former Sen. Ted Stevens.
Stevens judge seeks prosecution documents
The judge who presided over former Sen. Ted Stevens' trial issued two orders Sunday indicating he may not be ready to give up jurisdiction of the case even as the government seeks dismissal of all charges.
Palin, Republicans call for special Senate election
Gov. Sarah Palin said she does not want to "split hairs" on whether new Sen. Mark Begich should resign but agrees with the Alaska Republican Party's call for a special election.
Colleagues and others support former senator
Before the government's sudden move Wednesday to drop its case against former U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens, federal prosecutors were unbeatable on public corruption in Alaska.
Former Sen. Ted Stevens reacts to Wednesday's decision
Key players in the case of former Sen. Ted Stevens
Defense and prosecution attorneys, judge and witness
U.S. attorney general ends Stevens prosecution
The U.S. Justice Department on Wednesday moved to dismiss former Sen. Ted Stevens' indictment, effectively voiding his Oct. 27 conviction on seven counts of filing false statements on his Senate financial disclosure forms.
Key players in the case of former Sen. Ted Stevens
Stevens' Oct. 6, 2002, note to Bill Allen
Stevens' Oct. 6, 2002, note to Bill Allen
A handwritten note was the key document associated with dismissal of charges against Ted Stevens. In his note, Stevens asked Bill Allen for a bill for Veco's services on his house.
Key dates in the investigation of former Sen. Ted Stevens
Julie Pederson said she always believed her longtime neighbor, former U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens, was the victim of a witch hunt and that he was innocent of the corruption charges brought against him by the Justice Department.
Alaskans react to end of Stevens prosecution
Alaskans awoke this morning to the news that the federal government is seeking to drop corruption charges against former U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens, whose conviction was the final blow ending his bid for re-election after 40 years in office.
Whistle-blowers may get to testify in Stevens trial
The judge who oversaw former Sen. Ted Stevens' trial said Tuesday he may allow testimony in open court from two of the people who have come forward with complaints about how the investigation and prosecution unfolded.
Stevens judge ponders new testimony
The judge who oversaw the trial of former Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens may allow testimony in open court from two of the people who have come forward with complaints about how the investigation and prosecution unfolded.
Stevens archives will go to UAF - with conditions
Former Sen. Ted Stevens has agreed to allow his Senate papers to be kept at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, the university announced Wednesday, but he will retain control over access to the collection and he or his estate can rescind the agreement in 10 years.
Stevens' prosecutors removed from misconduct proceedings
The Justice Department said Monday it has removed the legal team that prosecuted former U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens from further post-trial proceedings that concern allegations of government misconduct.
Key players contest FBI whistle-blower allegations
As the Justice Department prepares its official response to the FBI whistle-blower complaint that surfaced in the case of former U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens, people with first-hand knowledge of some of its issues, including some named in the complaint, say it represents overblown concerns of an inexperienced agent.
Judge lets attorney off hook for contempt in Stevens trial
The judge presiding over the aftermath of former Sen. Ted Stevens' trial let one Justice Department attorney off the hook from a contempt citation Saturday.
Stevens prosecutors comply with order
The judge who oversaw Ted Stevens' corruption trial on Friday held in contempt four Justice Department prosecutors for failing to turn over documents to the former U.S. senator's lawyers.
Stevens prosecutors admit another error
Federal prosecutors have found a new reason to apologize over misleading information they've provided to the judge in former Sen. Ted Stevens' trial, and this time Stevens' lawyers are saying the government should be held in contempt.
Stevens judge says statement not needed
The judge in Ted Stevens' false-disclosure case reversed himself Wednesday and said neither the attorney general nor any other top level Justice Department official would be required to give a sworn statement about an Anchorage FBI agent's whistle-blower complaint.
Murkowski initiated failed bid for Stevens pardon
The Bush administration came to an end Tuesday, and with it went the chance of a pardon for Alaska's most powerful political figure since statehood, Ted Stevens.
No Bush pardon for Stevens in the works
President Bush does not intend to pardon former U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens, a White House spokesman said Monday.
How presidents from Harry S. Truman forward have handled clemency requests
Sen. Murkowski requests pardon for Stevens
With less than 48 hours left of the Bush presidency, U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski's spokesman said today that Murkowski had asked the White House to pardon the former senior senator of Alaska, Ted Stevens.
Alaska Politics blog: N.Y. Times reporting pardon isn't in the wind for Stevens
Murkowski seeks pardon for Stevens
With less than 48 hours left of the Bush presidency, U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski's spokesman said today that Murkowski had asked the White House to pardon the former senior senator of Alaska, Ted Stevens.
U.S. appeals judge's order in Stevens case
The Justice Department has appealed a judge unusual order Friday that demanded an explanation by Saturday about how the department handled a complaint by an FBI agent involving the case of former U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens.
Stevens trial judge demands answers from Mukasey
Seemingly stunned by prosecutors' conduct after Ted Stevens' corruption trial, the judge today ordered U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey to account for how a whistle-blower complaint was handled.
Stevens prosecutors admit error
On Wednesday, federal prosecutors revealed that Anchorage FBI agent Chad Joy was the person alleging misconduct in the Ted Stevens corruption investigation and also said he had been "denied whistle-blower status." On Thursday, they told the judge they were wrong on the second point.
PDF: Justice Department motion filed Thursday admitting error
Details of FBI agent's complaint revealed
One of the FBI agents assigned to investigate corruption in Alaska politics has accused his lead agent in the inquiry of unethical behavior, including leaking information about the inner workings of the agency to outsiders and seeking a job for her husband from people who were sources that led to the conviction in October of U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens.
PDF: New version of the FBI agent complaint, with some names unredacted
PDF: Order from judge regarding whistleblower status of FBI agent
Ailing Stevens trial witness dies in Anchorage
Rocky Williams, the witness whose non-testimony at the trial of Sen. Ted Stevens proved as controversial as the statements of some others who did take the stand, died in Anchorage Tuesday. He was 58.
Stevens witness affirms immunity offer
David Anderson, the government witness at the center of the storm involving ex-state Sen. Jerry Ward and allegations of misconduct in U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens' trial, has written a new letter to the judge in the Stevens case asserting again that prosecutors promised him and his friends immunity.
FBI whistleblower alleges Stevens trial misconduct
An Alaska FBI agent has accused fellow agents and at least one prosecutor of misconduct and unethical behavior in the public corruption investigation in Alaska and the trial of U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens.
Whistle-blower adds twist to Stevens case
A whistle-blower inside the Justice Department has accused members of the team investigating public corruption in Alaska of official misconduct.
Alaska Bar urges court to reject Stevens plea
The Alaska Bar Association says that U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens' plea to keep his law license is based on a faulty reading of the rules and a mischaracterization of the seriousness of his conviction for lying on his Senate disclosure forms.
Stevens fights to keep state law license
Sen. Ted Stevens is hoping to persuade the Alaska Supreme Court to allow him to keep his license to practice law.
Stevens seeks retrial in Alaska
Defense lawyers said that U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens' monthlong trial was unfair, flawed and prejudiced against him in dozens of ways and asked that he be tried anew, this time in Alaska.
Stevens asks for new trial in Alaska
Defense lawyers today cited 17 reasons that U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens' monthlong trial was unfair, flawed or prejudiced against him and asked that he be tried anew, this time in Alaska.
Judge sides with Stevens lawyers
Sen. Ted Stevens' legal defense team will have a lot to say when it argues he should have a new trial -- so much so, they've asked the judge to allow them to submit a legal memorandum of 75 pages, 30 more than usually allowed in the D.C. district courts.
Will Alaska pay price for ousting Stevens?
What happens to Alaska's notorious dependence on federal spending now that Ted Stevens' 40-year Senate career has come to a end?
The "brief hearing" that evolved into formal status conference in Washington over the conduct of a witness in Sen. Ted Stevens' trial has evolved again, this time off Monday's court calendar entirely.
Bush pardon for Stevens isn't out of the question
With President George W. Bush issuing a round of pardons this week and presumed to grant as many as two more rounds before he leaves office, it raises the question: Will Sen. Ted Stevens ask for one?
The Alaskan of the 20th century and most senior Senate Republican in history was recently convicted of seven counts of making false statements by failing to disclose gifts received from Veco Corp.
Read through the various forms of evidence submitted in the Stevens trial, and check back daily for updates.
Images submitted as evidence throughout the trial.
Anchorage Daily News reporter Rich Mauer discusses the events leading up to the indictment of U.S. Senator Ted Stevens. (enlarge)
A historical look at Alaska's senior Republican senator.
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 most senior Republican in the U.S. Senate and Alaska's most famous political figure was found guilty of filing false financial disclosures.
Indicted on seven counts of filing false financial disclosures
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 oldest member of the Alaska Legislature was indicted on conspiracy and bribery charges. He has pled not guilty.
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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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?
Testimony ends in Stevens trial
Stevens bristles under cross-examination
Stevens answers charges: 'No sir'
Stevens' wife takes stand for defense
Stevens friend testifies about billings
Contractor: Allen advised not billing Stevens
Allen used Stevens' home, witness testifies
Stevens defense nears conclusion
Prosecutors subpoena e-mails of Stevens' wife
Powell testifies to Stevens' high reputation
Colin Powell: Stevens reputation 'sterling'
Sen. Inouye testifies for his friend
Inouye tells jury he has 'absolute faith' in Stevens
Judge tosses out evidence in Stevens trial
Judge limits evidence, won't halt trial
Stevens jury hears of plot to hide bills
Stevens friends plotted to cover bills
Allen's lawyer scolded by judge in Stevens trial
Stevens evidence on tape played for jury
Stevens to Allen: 'These guys can't really hurt us'
Defense renews its bid to dismiss Stevens trial
New name in federal corruption case
Stevens trial will continue, judge rules
Stevens' offer to pay was ignored
Allen: Veco did work, didn't bill Stevens
Six others testify for prosecution
Former Veco boss, Allen, testifies in Stevens trial
Prosecutors defend sending witness home to Alaska
Allen testifies in Stevens trial
Stevens mistrial bid fails, judge angry
Stevens defense accuses prosecutors of subterfuge
Allen won't testify in disclosure trial today
No testimony from Bill Allen in Stevens' trial Monday
Veco hid construction expenses
Veco bookkeeper: 'No paper trail'
First witness says he drew up the plans
Palin holds back from Stevens endorsement
Stevens prosecutor: Veco a 'handyman service'
Courtroom is set for dramatic Stevens trial
Stevens jury set to hear witnesses Thursday
Juror links to Stevens, judge hard to avoid
Potential Stevens jurors screened for biases
CH2M Hill balks at giving documents to Stevens' lawyers
Fight brewing in Stevens trial over CH2M Hill documents
Powerful lawmakers on Stevens trial witness list
Stevens wants to testify at his trial
Stevens upset with Dem campaign ads
Stevens trial rulings lean toward privacy
Lawyers argue over wiretaps in Stevens case
Stevens court case still on, judge decides
Stevens fails in attempt to have trial thrown out
Judge orders that Stevens' lawyers get pile of paper data
Judge orders Stevens prosecutors to simplify evidence
Stevens loses bid to throw his case out of court
Judge rejects move to dismiss Stevens charges
Stevens lawyers protest delays
Stevens lawyer seeks access to evidence
Stevens' alleged gift list grows
Prosecutors allege more Stevens gifts
Stevens' lawyers want to block phone evidence
FBI taped more than 100 Stevens calls
US Senate has final say if Stevens is convicted
Stevens' lawyers accuse prosecutors of 'smear'
Stevens' lawyers accuse prosecution of smear tactics
Stevens reaches out to colleagues to OK legal fund
Stevens' trial will be in D.C.
Sen. Stevens loses bid to move trial to Alaska
Stevens faces six seeking Alaska seat in US Senate
Money for condo believed to have come from lifelong friend
Prosecutors reveal more in Stevens case
Stevens lawyers question FBI authority
Evidence overwhelms Stevens lawyers
Stevens trial belongs in Washington, prosecutors argue
Judge promises fast and fair trial for Stevens
Judge: Stevens trial will be 'fast but fair'
Stevens requests trial be held in Alaska
Stevens proclaims innocence at Anchorage rally
Stevens lawyers file to move trial to Alaska
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