Ted Stevens Asks For A Mistrial

[babylonsister]

Stevens’ Defense Asks for Mistrial
By Kathleen Hunter, CQ Staff


Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens is asking a federal judge to throw out the criminal case against him or else declare a mistrial.

Stevens, the Senate’s longest-serving Republican, claimed that prosecutors withheld information that would bolster Stevens’ claims that he is innocent of any wrongdoing.

The 84-year-old lawmaker faces seven felony charges of making false statements on his Senate financial disclosure forms. He is accused of illegally concealing more than $250,000 worth of gifts, including $188,000 in renovations to his Girdwood, Alaska, home that prosecutors said were furnished by VECO Corp., a now defunct oil-and-gas services company.

In court papers filed at 11:55 p.m. Sunday, Stevens’ lawyers said they had three phone conversations Sunday with a former VECO employee whose work on Stevens’ house was discussed in Friday’s testimony, and he “disclosed highly exculpatory information to defense counsel that apparently has been known to the government for years.”

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[Lautremont]

1. He should have asked for a mint.