By Eric Florack. Posted Thursday, Apr 2, 2009 at 12:45 am Filed Under: Accountability, BitsBlog, Democrats, Featured
James Joyner at OTB, this morning brings news abot the latest action of Eric Holder’s Justice Dept:
Attorney General Eric Holder has dropped the case against Ted Stevens, NPR’s Nina Totenberg reports.
A jury convicted Stevens last fall of seven counts of lying on his Senate disclosure form in order to conceal $250,000 in gifts from an oil industry executive and other friends. Stevens was the longest-serving Republican in the Senate, however, he lost his bid for an eighth full term in office just days after he was convicted. Since then, charges of prosecutorial misconduct have delayed his sentencing and prompted defense motions for a new trial.
According to Justice Department officials, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder has decided to drop the case against Stevens rather than continue to defend the conviction in the face of persistent problems stemming from the actions of prosecutors.
The judge in the Stevens case has repeatedly delayed sentencing and criticized trial prosecutors for what he’s called prosecutorial misconduct. At one point, prosecutors were held in contempt. Things got so bad [...]
I am not surprised at the guilty verdict handed down against US Senator Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) on seven counts of making false statements. And nor should anyone else. I stated earlier in the year that Alaskan Republicans needed to find another candidate, but they failed. It amazes me that people like Ted can imagine that they are not only above the law, but that in the midst of failure they should continue on with their struggle for power when they should be focusing on dealing with the issue at hand… planning a appeal. From The Hill:
The senator vowed to “fight this unjust verdict with every ounce of energy I have” and said he would return home to defend his seat.
“I am innocent. This verdict is[...]
By Art Smith. Posted Tuesday, Sep 30, 2008 at 6:12 pm Filed Under: 2008 Congressional Election, 2008 Presidential Election, ANWR, Drill Baby Drill, Economy, Energy, Featured, Foreign Oil, Markets, US Congress
The ban on offshore drilling expires tonight at midnight Eastern Time. At this writing, that’s just five hours away.
Congress was incredibly preoccupied during the weeks following its lengthy vacation, and could not (supposedly) get the work done to extend the moratorium on drilling for this oil. Such a ban would normally have been included in the [...]
By Art Smith. Posted Tuesday, Sep 9, 2008 at 5:00 am Filed Under: 2008 Congressional Election, ANWR, Accountability, Chuck Grassley, Democrats, Drill Baby Drill, Economy, Energy, Featured, Foreign Oil, If you won't vote for us we won't vote for you, Leonard Boswell, Nancy Pelosi, Tom Harkin, US Congress
Crude oil dropped to $105/bbl Monday, down $1.26. After hours the price continued to fall, as of midnight it was hanging around $102/bbl.
Since hitting it’s high at 147.27 on July 11 (that’s still less than 2 months ago), the price has fallen almost 30%. According to most Democrats, this would only be possible if actual [...]
Tonight’s speech by Sarah Palin was a smashing hit!
It was truly inspiring and gave me, and clearly the convention delegates, an even stronger sense of confidence that we will win in November.
Palin hit hard against the liberal media and Democrats who have been attacking her since Friday.
She provided an excellent case for the McCain/Palin ticket.
And [...]
After dropping $10/bbl during the day, the price of crude settled down $5 after fears of interruptions in production from Gustav failed to materialize
It really stinks when people are disappointed that nothing bad happens.
That said, it appears we’ve dodged the bullet on the hurricane, although we cannot forget the loss of life and property that [...]
The price of crude is hovering around $115 / bbl. At this point, I suspect it won’t make much motion, especially not downward, until some real action is finally taken by Congress to open up drilling. I agree with the refrain of Republicans to do “all of the above”, that is, work the alternative energy [...]
Although we may all support the notion that one is innocent until proven guilty, we (and Stevens) have a responsibility to ensure that we not only keep our noses clean, we do all we can to avoid the appearance of impropriaty. The fact that Ted managed to get himself in a situation where the FBI [...]
By Art Smith. Posted Tuesday, Jul 29, 2008 at 4:45 pm Filed Under: ANWR, BitsBlog, Business, Conservation, Economy, Energy, Environmentalism, Featured, Foreign Oil, George W. Bush, International Markets, Joe Lieberman, John McCain, Markets, US Congress
Just when you thought you couldn’t afford to go on summer vacation, just when you thought the ONLY answer to rising gasoline prices was a “gas tax holiday“, just as various states are complaining they don’t have enough tax money collected to pay for road work, now oil prices fall to a 3 month low of [...]
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Let’s take a moment to look at the Democrat response to the President’s weekly radio address… where Energy is the issue.
Good morning. This is Congressman Joe Donnelly of Indiana’s Second Congressional [...]
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