Where Does Ted Stevens Go to Get His Senate Seat Back?

Feds drop all charges against former Senator Ted Stevens (R-AK). Now that Dems stole the Senate seat in 2008 election justice can be served!

Remembering today the famous words of former Labor Secretary Ray Donovan in the Reagan Administration 1981-1985. Donovan was wrongly accused of fraud in connection to organized crime. After he was acquitted he said: "Which office do I go to get my reputation back?"

Justice Dept. Seeks To Void Stevens' Conviction
by Nina Totenberg
NPR

April 1, 2009 · The Justice Department on Wednesday asked a federal judge to drop all charges against former Sen. Ted Stevens of Alaska.

A jury convicted Stevens last fall of seven counts of lying on his Senate disclosure form in order to conceal $250,000 in gifts from an oil industry executive and other friends. Stevens was the longest-serving Republican in the Senate. However, he lost his bid for an eighth full term in office just days after he was convicted. Since then, charges of prosecutorial misconduct have delayed his sentencing and prompted defense motions for a new trial.

In a move first reported by NPR, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said he has decided to drop the case against Stevens rather than continue to defend the conviction in the face of persistent problems stemming from the actions of prosecutors.

In a separate statement, Stevens' lawyers praised Holder's decision and said it was "justified by the extraordinary evidence of government corruption in the prosecution of Senator Stevens."

The lawyers, Brendan Sullivan and Robert Cary, called the case "a sad story and a warning to everyone. Any citizen can be convicted if prosecutors are hell-bent on ignoring the Constitution and willing to present false evidence."

Stevens said, "I always knew that there would be a day when the cloud that surrounded me would be removed. That day has finally come. It is unfortunate that an election was affected by proceedings now recognized as unfair. It was my great honor to serve the State of Alaska in the United States Senate for 40 years."

The judge in the Stevens case has repeatedly delayed sentencing and criticized trial prosecutors for what he has called prosecutorial misconduct. At one point, prosecutors were held in contempt. Things got so bad that the Justice Department finally replaced the trial team, including top-ranking officials in the Public Integrity Section, which is charged with prosecuting public corruption cases.

Funny how Dems will trump up charges against Republicans right before an election and yet they still fight any investigation for systemic corruption by one of their own like Congressman Jack Murtha (D-PA).