I Never Know When Other People Pay My Bills Either

Stevens 'Didn't Know' His Bills Paid by Friend

The lawyer for Sen. Ted Stevens told a federal jury in D.C. today that the Alaska Republican paid every bill he received for a home renovation project and had no idea he wasn't being charged for some of the work.

In his opening statement at Stevens' corruption trial, defense attorney Brendan Sullivan said the senator and his wife believed they had paid the fair market price for the renovations and didn't know that his friend, oil executive Bill Allen, was keeping other bills or costs from them.

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Um yeah right....In the off chance that anyone, ever pays my bills for me...I'll notice trust me.

The old "I swear I didn't know" defense...your a Senator in the world's most powerful government and you plead ignorance?

Please Sir you insult your constituents with your gall.

The hilarity continues...

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Stevens is accused of knowingly and repeatedly filing false financial reports with the Senate between 2000 and 2006 that understated or omitted gifts or other benefits that he got from Allen and others. He faces up to five years in prison if convicted.

Prosecutor Morris told jurors not to buy the theory that Stevens was unaware of what went on around him. She said Stevens knew he wasn't getting all the bills for the renovations and was quite experienced at hiding favors.

"You do not survive politics in this town for that long without being very, very smart, very, very deliberate, very forceful and, at the same time, knowing how to fly under the radar," Morris told jurors.

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So who did he get these gifts from? Who is circumventing our elected government for favors?

The accused is Veco Corporation.

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Stevens “knowingly and willfully engaged in a scheme to conceal'’ his receipt of “hundreds of thousands of dollars'’ of gifts from Veco Corp., an oil-field engineering firm, and its chief executive officer, the indictment said.

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Corruption at the highest levels of government is not indicative of a healthy government.


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