Sen. Ted Stevens Resigns Committee Posts
Sen. Ted Stevens has issued the following response to today's indictment: I have proudly served this nation and Alaska for over 50 years. My public service b...
Addendum - Press Release of DOJ here.
Interesting timing of Stevens' indictment after the DOJ politicization findings from the OIG?
White Collar Crime blog:
But the indictment of a Republican Senator at the same time as the release of a report on politicization of the department is interesting timing. Is this indictment being issued today to show the public that the present DOJ will not play politics? Is the timing of this Indictment to minimize the sting of the report that was just issued (see here)? Or is it just happenstance that these two events occurred around the same time? And in the blogosphere it means that the indictment will be the top item and the report underneath.
According to U.S. federal sentencing guidelines calculator, on count one of 18 U.S.C. § 1001 of making false statements, Stevens is looking at 15-21 months. Stevens faces seven counts of making false statements.
Sen. Ted Stevens has issued the following response to today's indictment: I have proudly served this nation and Alaska for over 50 years. My public service b...
Addendum - Press Release of DOJ here.
Interesting timing of Stevens' indictment after the DOJ politicization findings from the OIG?
White Collar Crime blog:
But the indictment of a Republican Senator at the same time as the release of a report on politicization of the department is interesting timing. Is this indictment being issued today to show the public that the present DOJ will not play politics? Is the timing of this Indictment to minimize the sting of the report that was just issued (see here)? Or is it just happenstance that these two events occurred around the same time? And in the blogosphere it means that the indictment will be the top item and the report underneath.
According to U.S. federal sentencing guidelines calculator, on count one of 18 U.S.C. § 1001 of making false statements, Stevens is looking at 15-21 months. Stevens faces seven counts of making false statements.
For the DOJ comments on the indictment, check out our video of the press conference.
1 comment:
What a cute prosecutor...oh,nice indictment too!LOL
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