Stevens

Former Alaska Senator Ted Stevens may walk away from seven felony convictions a free man with a clean record. The Takeaway talks to Libby Casey, reporter for Alaska Public Radio Network in Washington, D.C., and Steve Heimel, Host of ‘Talk of Alaska.’

Alaska’s Senate race remains undecided three days after Election Day, and Senator Ted Stevens is still fighting to hold on to his seat after being convicted on seven counts of corruption in a federal court.

With the case of Senator Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, is going to the jury, and a verdict expected any day now, Capitol News Connection’s Todd Zwillich looks into the history of other senators who’ve been in legal trouble while in office.

Closing arguments come this morning in the four-week-long corruption trial of Alaska Republican Senator Ted Stevens. Stevens is charged with the felony offense of lying on his financial disclosure forms about gifts worth more than $250,000.

The trial of U.S. Senator Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, continues. Alaska Public Radio Network’s Libby Casey joins The Takeaway with a wrap-up of this week’s trial developments.