Second investigation into Stevens.
Today, Roll Call reports that in addition to the Veco investigation, federal authorities are also examining earmarks by the senator:
At the same time, the FBI and the Department of the Interior are investigating a series of earmarks pushed through Congress over the past several years by Stevens for an Alaska nonprofit tied to Trevor McCabe, a former Stevens aide and a business partner of his son, Ben, sources familiar with the investigation said.
According to the sources, the investigation is focused on how millions in federal funds earmarked for the Alaska SeaLife Center in Seward, Alaska, were used and how more than $500,000 made it to McCabe.
The nonpartisan Taxpayers for Common Sense will today call on Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) to “ask Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) to step down temporarily from his positions on the Commerce, Science and Transportation and Appropriations committees until a federal investigation of his activities is completed.”
UPDATE: The Anchorage Daily News reported that the FBI carted off “undisclosed items from inside” the house and took “extensive pictures and video.”
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Ewww… doesn’t sound good for Stevens.
July 31st, 2007 at 9:54 amI would have thought that the Inuit would have left Stevens out on the ice by now.
July 31st, 2007 at 9:55 amAnd Steven’s response to McConnell’s request: “No”.
July 31st, 2007 at 9:58 amThe Feds must’ve gotten a huge haul. It’s almost like taking candy from a baby when you’re dealing with an old crank who not only doesn’t know how to secure-delete his trash from his hard drive, but probably doesn’t know how to use a computer at all. It’ll all be down on paper, nice lovely paper.
July 31st, 2007 at 9:59 amToo bad Alaska’s Governor is a Republican. It looks like Stevens is toast. Couldn’t happen to a nicer guy.
July 31st, 2007 at 10:00 amLISTEN DUDE…….
WHEN YOU’RE DEALING WITH POLITICAL HOODLUMS, THUGS,
LEECHES, AND PARASITES,
WHAT
DO
YOU
EXPECT
OH YEAH, CONSTITUTION JUST A GOD D PIECE OF PAPER
SHOULD FRIGGIN BE THROWN IN THE SLAMMER FOR ALL
THE SMOOZING, SCRATCHING HOODLUMING, AND
SWINDLING
DUDE…. ALWAYS SPEAKS TRUTH :)
July 31st, 2007 at 10:00 amtheresa: he’ll be appointed next attorney general through a recess appointment.
July 31st, 2007 at 10:00 amMr. Stevens is not going to jail, is he?
Signed,
Mr. Provost (TAFKA CT)
July 31st, 2007 at 10:01 amDid you guys know about the Investigation into Gov. Spitzer’s abuse of power?
Why no anger over that?
Democrats can break the law but not Republicans?
How about they both follow the law!
July 31st, 2007 at 10:02 amNOW LISTEN DUDE
JIMBO DUDE
ALWAYS
SPEAKS ROCK SOLID TRUTH, ROCK SOLID INTEGRITY
TOO BAD ALL THE FRIGGIN POLITICAL SWINDLER, HOODLUMS,
THUGS AND PARASITES DON’T THINK THAT WAY
THAT’S WHY WE GET THE FRIGGIN GREASE PITS FOR SERVICE DUDE
July 31st, 2007 at 10:02 amThe nonpartisan Taxpayers for Common Sense will today call on Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) to “ask Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) to step down temporarily from his positions…
… can anyone explain to me why the MINORITY leaders
are being called on to do ANYthing???
there’s this, and from below:
Specter gives WH one day to clarify Gonzales testimony.
WHERE ARE THE MAJORITY LEADERS???
July 31st, 2007 at 10:03 amwhat is the protacol for these things???
?
Alf…your blood pressure! Careful with the anger.
July 31st, 2007 at 10:03 amAlf sez:
Well, that doesn’t sound too shiny or happy.
Why are you so worried about Spitzer? Why can’t you just leave this “echo chamber” and be happy, Alf?
July 31st, 2007 at 10:04 amGREASEPIT FOR SERVICE WITH CORRUPTION OOZING DOWN THE SIDES FROM THE DUMP, DUDE DUMP
THAT’S WHAT WE GOT FROM SERVICE FROM STEVENS AND BUSH AND CHENEY
AND THE FRIGGIN REST OF CREWS TOTALLY CORRUPT PARASITES DUDE
July 31st, 2007 at 10:04 amClint Eastwood as Ted Stevens in “Fiscal of Dollars”
July 31st, 2007 at 10:06 amAlf
We aren’t complaining, we are cheering the FBI on.
July 31st, 2007 at 10:06 amWhat? No cash in the freezer?
July 31st, 2007 at 10:07 amI guess they have no imagination in Alaska.
ADD SANTORUM, FRIST, ABRAMHOFF, DELAY, NEY, BLUNT……….
THERE’S FRIGGIN JUST TOO MANY OF THESE PARASITES DUDE
HASTERT, REID, PELOSI, CHENEY, BUSH……..
IT FRIGGIN NEVER ENDS
SWINDLERS I SAY POLITICAL HOODLUMS DUDE, ROTTEN TO THE CORE PARASITES DUDE PARASITES
July 31st, 2007 at 10:07 amThere was a crooked Senator who built a crooked house, his sons were on the take, every one a louse
July 31st, 2007 at 10:07 am… can anyone explain to me why the MINORITY leaders
are being called on to do ANYthing???
I think it’s because they are the same party. Ie the person being investigated is a Republican, the current minority are republicans, hence asking the Minority leaders make sense (same political party)
July 31st, 2007 at 10:07 amIlf,
July 31st, 2007 at 10:08 amWhat about “Prez” Bush’s abuse of power?
My brother came out of Alaska after 18 years thinking republicans are for the common man . They hate Clinton for a tready he signed with canadian indians . These darn rural people .
July 31st, 2007 at 10:11 amI didn’t know the Anchorage Daily News had the authority to cart things away from a crime scene investigation.
July 31st, 2007 at 10:13 amDid they make sure there was nothing nasty hiding in all the tubes? Ya goota make sure you shake ‘em real good so that anything caught up in there will drop out.
July 31st, 2007 at 10:15 amThe nonpartisan Taxpayers for Common Sense will today call on Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) to “ask Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) to step down temporarily from his positions on the Commerce, Science and Transportation and Appropriations committees until a federal investigation of his activities is completed.â€
Oh crap! Stevens is the only one there who understands teh intarwebs! No one else will be able to grasp his brilliant “series of tubes” analogy!
July 31st, 2007 at 10:15 amnull sez:
From the linked article:
The Feds carted off the items, not the Anchorage News. Score yet another ridiculously misleading lede from TP.
July 31st, 2007 at 10:17 amIt’s not too hard to believe there are crooked politicians in Alaska, you could break it in half and Texas would only be the thied biggest state.
July 31st, 2007 at 10:18 amThe Anchorage Daily News carted off “undisclosed items from inside†the house and took “extensive pictures and video.â€
I think the technical term for this is burglary.
July 31st, 2007 at 10:18 amApparently Stevens never learned that it is appropriate for a public official to appropriate public funds for public use but it is not appropriate for that public official to appropriate public funds for his own exclusive use. “Appropriation Committee” - yeah, right.
July 31st, 2007 at 10:18 ami>Comment by null — July 31, 2007 @ 10:13 am
RUCerious, is that you?
July 31st, 2007 at 10:20 amWhaaaa! Ted thought the Appropriations committee was a blank check license to appropriate???
July 31st, 2007 at 10:20 amTMM ~ Nope. I have been getting deleted this AM however…
July 31st, 2007 at 10:24 amThat’s an awful update. It should read that it was the FBI that carted off items, not the Anchorage Daily News.
July 31st, 2007 at 10:26 amAnd of course republican being investigated = guilty to the libs.
Right?
July 31st, 2007 at 10:28 amWith FEMA flopping, justice jumbled, and now apprpriations artifice, you have to ask, “why do we pay them?”
July 31st, 2007 at 10:30 amTroll, aren’t they always?
July 31st, 2007 at 10:31 amTaxpayers for Common Sense will today call on Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) to “ask Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) to step down temporarily from his positions
They have to ‘ask’ him? Shouldn’t that just be a slam-dunk no-brainer?
What? No cash in the freezer?
I guess they have no imagination in Alaska.
Comment by Art
It’s Alaska…they probably have no freezers.
July 31st, 2007 at 10:33 amJust saw this on the “yahoo” news.
Interesting that there, it never mentioned whether he was a (R) or a (D).
Of course, IMHO, if it had been a (D), it would have been in numerous bolds all over the article.
that dam liberal media!
July 31st, 2007 at 10:33 amTP is going downhill faster than Bush’s poll ratings.
WTF? Every post this a.m. deleted.
Anyone?
July 31st, 2007 at 10:33 amDRxJ, I’m sure Fox will list him has a Democrat.
July 31st, 2007 at 10:34 amAnyone?
Comment by Zimzone
Not so far today, but a lot yesterday. The moderators may be getting over-zealous?
July 31st, 2007 at 10:35 amTroll,
“And of course republican being investigated = guilty to the libs.”
No.
But not that your guys are any different. The righties in this country already have convicted William Jefferson in their minds.
July 31st, 2007 at 10:38 amCNN reported on this story this am. They were sure to qualify this corruption by mentioning Jefferson’s name everytime they spoke about Stevens.
July 31st, 2007 at 10:40 amThey were sure to qualify this corruption by mentioning Jefferson’s name everytime they spoke about Stevens.
Comment by dim wit
Yeah well, if it walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck……..
July 31st, 2007 at 10:44 amThanks, Sarge.
Maybe it’s related to my opinions on giving Israel $30Billion reasons to
continue making war in Gaza.
Or $20Billion reasons why Saudi Arabia can finance it’s own weapons.
I used to find TP outreaching & ‘edgy’. Now, not so much…
July 31st, 2007 at 10:46 amTwo wrongs make a right. Right, trolls? Or does it really matter to those who hold the rule of law in contempt? Tell me.
July 31st, 2007 at 10:49 amYeah well, if it walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck……..
Comment by SGT Higgins — July 31, 2007 @ 10:44 am
Jefferson is as corrupt as they come, no one here will deny that — but Jefferson has NOTHING to do with the Stevens case, and it’s not even proper journalism to bring up his name to “balance” the Stevens story.
July 31st, 2007 at 10:50 amCNN reported on this story this am. They were sure to qualify this corruption by mentioning Jefferson’s name everytime they spoke about Stevens.
Comment by dim wit — July 31, 2007 @ 10:40 am
practicing up for the dreaded “fairness doctrine”?
yea, right…
July 31st, 2007 at 10:52 amtheresa: he’ll be appointed next attorney general through a recess appointment.
Comment by whiteyfresh — July 31, 2007 @ 10:00 am
And I thought Harriet Miers had a lock on that job! Didn’t Dubya promise that to her when the SCOTUS thing didn’t work out?
July 31st, 2007 at 10:53 amAlaska’s other Republican U. S. Senator Murkowski is being investigated for a shady land deal.
July 31st, 2007 at 11:01 amTurning on their own. Must be time to distract and entertain us and to fill us with false hope.
July 31st, 2007 at 11:14 amBridges to nowhere Republican corruption but to private pick pockets.
July 31st, 2007 at 11:15 amI wouldn’t trash your for saying the truth Zooey, of course I have been saying the same thing about our multiple personality friend for a month or so. At least school will start in another month, and alleviate us from ADD.
July 31st, 2007 at 11:18 amGood job fixing the Update, TP
July 31st, 2007 at 11:20 amAlaska’s other Republican U. S. Senator Murkowski is being investigated for a shady land deal.
Comment by Administrator1 — July 31, 2007 @ 11:01 am
Unfairness doctrine warning:
July 31st, 2007 at 11:32 amCongressman Don Young (R-thief) is also under investigation. Must be the 24 hour days?
yea - thanks for fixing that update, TP
July 31st, 2007 at 12:34 pm;-)
Isn’t interesting that there is news that Sen. Stevens is being investigated a couple of weeks in advance of the search of his home. The annoucemnent of investigations seems to be a red flag to the perp that if you got anything to hide, hide it because we will be searching in a week or so. Investigators don’t do that in drug investigations……I hope
Gramps.
July 31st, 2007 at 1:28 pmThey were sure to qualify this corruption by mentioning Jefferson’s name everytime they spoke about Stevens.
August 2nd, 2007 at 2:36 am