Ted Stevens' house raided by FBI
Senator Ted Stevens (R-AK) is being investigated by the FBI and IRS. Today, the FBI in :
"All I can say is that agents from the FBIand IRS are currently conducting a search at that residence," said DaveHeller, the assistant special agent in charge of the FBI's Anchorageoffice. The search began earlier this afternoon, he said. It's the onlysuch search warrant currently being served, he said.
Shortly before 3 p.m., a number of federalagents could be seen outside the house, along with a half-dozengovernment SUVs. Others were inside. It couldn't immediately bedetermined what, if anything, was being taken from the house. Agents atthe house wouldn't answer questions.
According to , the FBI is investigating whether an oil firm bribed Stevens by paying for renovations to his home:
A federal grand jury has been investigating the senator's ties to VECO,an Alaska oil services firm. VECO is in the middle of a statewidecorruption investigation that has tarnished Stevens' son, Ben, a statesenator. The FBI raided Ben's offices last August. Stevens has deniedhe is the target of a federal investigation, but he acknowledged inJune the FBI had asked him to preserve certain records.
In May, the Anchorage Daily News revealed the FBI was investigatingwhether the firm had paid for expansion work to Stevens' home inGirdwood, performed in 2000. Stevens has said he paid invoices for thework from his own pocket.
White House Adviser Karl Rove told a over the weekend that corruption, not the Iraq war, cost the Republicans the election in 2006.
Even after the '06 election landslide, the GOP still has not learned their lesson.
This guy has gotta go! I can just hear the old refrain now...
I AM NOT A CROOK!
I grabbed the Daily Show video of this and just put it up. Funny...
What about the children????????????
Posted by: | 2007.08.01 at 08:27 AM