It’s hard to think of a powerful sitting U.S. senator as a victim, but, by the end of the corruption case against Ted Stevens, it certainly seemed he had been given a raw deal by prosecutors.
Stevens was convicted of lying on Senate financial disclosure forms to conceal more than $250,000 in gifts and home repairs. But shortly after the verdict, a team of Justice Department lawyers found that the trial prosecutors from the Public Integrity Section had kept key evidence from Stevens’ Williams & Connolly defense team. In April, Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. abandoned the case and the indictment was thrown out.
