FBI Raids Alaskan Senator's Luxury Home
Posted by Mike Gehrke on July 31, 2007 at 11:46 AM
Yesterday, FBI agents raided the luxury Alaskan home of Sen. Ted Stevens (R-AK), the 83-year-old Republican senator who is the focus of a corruption investigation.
Stevens, 83, has been under a federal investigation for a 2000 renovation project more than doubling the size of his home in Girdwood that was overseen by Bill Allen, a contractor who has pleaded guilty to bribing Alaska state legislators.
The agents hauled off undisclosed items and took extensive pictures and video, but they wouldn't say what they were looking for. Two dozen agents searched the property from noon until at least 9:30 p.m.
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and i just paid top dollar for marvin clad ultimate double hung windows! anybody got this guy allen's phone number?
Posted by gregg on July 31, 2007 at 01:32 PM
The Justice Department can go into a Senator's home to investigate whether he's engaged in illegality, and no one claims the Executive's power is over-reaching. Flying the old double standard though, the Justice Department will not investigate people like Alberto Gonzales, Harriet Miers, or Josh Bolton if the President orders Justice to stand down. It would seem that if Congress had its own federal law enforcement agency, specifically mandated to conduct internal government affairs investigations, Congress' power likewise would not be over-reaching (or at least as over-reaching as the Executive Branch through Justice).
Posted by Theseus on July 31, 2007 at 02:01 PM
Another Republican bite the dust. You know if the K Street didn't do them in, there are a lot of things the Republicans are doing that should get them in jail. It is a shame they are so drunk with power. I know our wise and true Democrats won't do the same. They are learning from the Republicans what not to do. The Democrats are sticking to the business of the people.
Posted by freeforall on July 31, 2007 at 03:26 PM
I see more firings in the Justice Department coming up. Appearantly they didn't fire all the ethical DOJ employees the first time through.
Posted by Butte on August 1, 2007 at 10:09 AM
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