Construction Workers On Stevens’ House Say They Worked For VECOAt the center of the case against Ted Stevens, the Alaska Republican senator whose trial opened this week, are renovations to his home that the prosecution alleges were paid for by the oil-services contractor VECO.
And today, four construction workers testified that when they worked on Stevens’ home, they either worked for VECO or reported to its staffers.
On of the workers testified that Stevens’ wife, Catherine, once brought them muffins. On Wednesday, Stevens’ defense lawyer seemed to try to shift responsibility onto Catherine Stevens, by claiming that she was the driving force behind the renovations and handled the project’s finances.
Stevens is charged with failing to report gifts, of a value of $250,000, on Senate financial disclosure forms.