Last week we told you about a letter sent to the judge in the Ted Stevens trial, from a witness claiming that he lied on the stand when he said he had no immunity deal with prosecutors.
Now, reports the Washington Post, the judge, Emmet Sullivan, has scheduled a hearing for Monday to consider a request from Stevens’ lawyers to question the witness, David Anderson, a welder who worked on Stevens’ home.
Anderson also alleged in his letter that prosecutors allowed him to look at documents he wasn’t supposed to see.
Based on Anderson’s claims, defense lawyers last week filed documents accusing prosecutors of “suborning perjury and making intentionally false statements.” The Justice Department has denied the allegations.
Stevens was convicted last month of making false statements on his Senate disclosure forms, hiding $250,000 in gifts from Bill Allen, the owner of an oil-services contracting company — and Anderson’s uncle. Shortly afterwards, he narrowly lost his Senate reelection bid.
And speaking of Uncle Ted, at last the wait is over. We’ve updated our “Ted Stevens’ Road To Ruin” timeline, so you can now see in glorious technicolor just how the curmudgeonly lawmaker got to this point. Check it out…