GOP Senator Ted Stevens Indicted On Seven Criminal Charges

Jul 29 - Stevens was charged with concealing more than $250,000 of gifts, including home renovations, from an Alaska oil services company.The indictment does not restrict Stevens' ability to vote in the Senate, speak on the Senate floor or participate in committee work.



Sen. Ted Stevens, the nation's longest-serving Republican senator and a major figure in Alaska politics since before statehood, was indicted Tuesday on seven counts of failing to disclose hundreds of thousands of dollars in services from an oil services company that helped renovate his home.

The first sitting U.S. senator to face federal indictment since 1993, Stevens has been dogged by an investigation into his home renovation project in Alaska and his dealings with wealthy oil contractors.

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