Looks like we may not have heard the last of Uncle Ted.
Politico reports:
Lawyers for convicted Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) told a federal judge today that they will soon file a motion seeking a new trial.Stevens, who was defeated in a bid for a seventh full term, will ask Judge Emmet Sullivan to overturn his conviction on seven federal corruption counts for failing to disclose more than $250,000 in improper gifts.
Stevens’ defense team raised numerous objections to the Justice Department’s handling of his corruption trial, arguing that the government deliberately withheld potentially exculpatory information and witnesses during the proceedings.
A hearing is scheduled for next month in regard to claims by a witness that he was unofficially promised immunity by prosecutors in exchange for his testimony, and lied about it on the stand.
Several of Stevens’ Senate colleagues have recently raised the possibility of asking President Bush to pardon the octogenerian lawmaker.