Ted Stevens facing charges

Sen. Stevens of Alaska faces criminal charges

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Sen. Ted Stevens from Alaska, the longest serving U.S. Republican senator ever, was indicted on seven counts related to his holding of public office, a federal law enforcement official said on Tuesday.

The U.S. Justice Department has scheduled a news conference for 1:20 p.m. to make an announcement "regarding a significant criminal matter." The official said the news conference would announce the criminal charges against Stevens that have been returned by a federal grand jury in Washington, D.C.

Perhaps it's connected to this...

http://dwb.adn.com/news/politics/fbi/story/9179115p-9095789c.html

 

Couldn't happen to a nicer guy.

 

From AP:

From May 1999 to August 2007, prosecutors said Stevens concealed "his continuing receipt of hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of things of value from a private corporation." The indictment released Tuesday said the items included: home improvements to his vacation him in Alaska, including a new first floor, garage, wraparound deck, plumbing, electrical wiring; as well as car exchanges, a Viking gas grill, furniture and tools.

 

bomp, bomp, bomp, bomp

Another one bites the dust.

 

Will he wear a Hulk tie to the trial?

 

Some lawmakers are remembered for powerful, historically significant oratory such as the Gettysburg Address, waving the bloody shirt and "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall."

Stevens' signature moment of oratory will always be, "It's a series of tubes."

 

Yeah but he's got a sweet Viking grill...

 

A series of tubes....

the best EVAR

 

Can you imagine the idiocy of our country in that this senator, a full-blown fucking idiot, who knows nothing of the internet except that it is a series of tubes, is (was) the chairman of Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation?

Holy fuck, complete doddering idiots (literally) running our country.

 

I'm pretty sure he's not gay, though. What the heck more do you want?

 

Awesome, Ace.