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'Whistle-Blower' Complaint Latest Twist In Ted Stevens Case

It's now been about two months since Ted Stevens' conviction on seven counts of making false statements on his Senate financial disclosure forms, and there's yet another twist in the case, this time in the form of new allegations of prosecutorial misconduct by an anonymous federal "whistle-blower."

This one may end up being a lot more consequential than the last twist in the case -- that juror who skipped out of the trial early to catch a horse race in California and later admitted lying about it.

The new charges came to light in a 29-page ruling issued late Friday by Judge Emmet Sullivan. The prosecution first alerted the court to the whistle-blower complaint on Dec. 11 in a sealed filing, prompting the defense to urge the judge to make the complaint public, the Washington Post reports. Sullivan described the whiste-blower as someone "significantly involved in the investigation and prosecution of the defendant."

The Post details some of the charges:

Among the accusations were that the government intentionally "schemed to relocate a witness" and that an employee working on the investigation accepted artwork and employment for a relative from a cooperating source, according to a legal ruling issued late last night by the federal judge who presided over Stevens's trial.

Sullivan ordered prosecutors to make a redacted version of the complaint public Monday afternoon.

The new charges are just the latest in a string of developments that will determine whether the outgoing Alaska Senator ever faces punishment for his felony convictions.

There's a hearing scheduled for Jan. 15 for a witness who said he lied on the stand about having no immunity deal with prosecutors. Sullivan also has set a Feb. 25 hearing on Stevens' lawyers' motion for a new trial.


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Problem is..I no longer believe in any witness testimony from any one..and that would include Lawyers and Police..and I certainly have no trust in the courts, judges or the whole judicial system....every one is on the "take" every one has their own personal agenda, political wrangling, juggling for favors (either by monetary or political gains)no one cares about the truth or justice...."its all about me, myself and what I can get out of it and how I can lie to accomplish my goals or how I can blame it on some one else" I have seen nothing that resembles law or justice in the court systems, lawyers and judges in years..its guilty until proven rich or politically connected (to which ever party is in power at the time) ....your poor, have no money or don't know any one important, your guilty as hell....the dream named America is Dead

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Problem is..I no longer believe in any witness testimony from any one..and that would include Lawyers and Police..and I certainly have no trust in the courts, judges or the whole judicial system....every one is on the "take" every one has their own personal agenda, political wrangling, juggling for favors (either by monetary or political gains)no one cares about the truth or justice...."its all about me, myself and what I can get out of it and how I can lie to accomplish my goals or how I can blame it on some one else" I have seen nothing that resembles law or justice in the court systems, lawyers and judges in years..its guilty until proven rich or politically connected (to which ever party is in power at the time) ....your poor, have no money or don't know any one important, your guilty as hell....the dream named America is Dead

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