Corruption charges may take down Alaska delegation
Posted by Charles II on July 25, 2007
John R. Wilke, WSJ (via t/o) in a style of journalism soon to be made extinct by acquisition:
Rep. Don Young of Alaska, the former chairman of the House Transportation Committee, now is the subject of a continuing criminal inquiry involving possible political favors for a company in Alaska, people close to the case said. Sen. Ted Stevens of Alaska, the powerful former chairman of the Appropriations Committee and the longest-serving Senate Republican, is also now under criminal investigation, these people said.
Federal investigators are examining whether Rep. Young or Sen. Stevens accepted bribes, illegal gratuities or unreported gifts from VECO Corp., Alaska’s largest oil-field engineering firm, people close to the case said.
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MEC said
Meanwhile, Senator Murkowski has ethics problems.
I hope the people of Alaska conclude from these stories that it’s time to vote Democratic.
Phoenix Woman said
Yeah. The problem with Alaska is that a lot of people moved up there so they could act like mindless selfish jerks, and those people vote.
Eli said
Young and Old, both in trouble.
Charles said
PW, I wonder if we could convince the rest of the Republicans to move there and then throw them out of the Union.
MEC said
Charles, only if LetterMan moves to the Lower 49, and brings with him his friends who hold regular antiwar protests in Fairbanks. They don’t deserve to live in the Republic of Gilead.