...Anchorage attorney Robert Bundy, who has been sitting in the spectator section of the courtroom in Washington while his client has been testifying, was accused Monday by the judge of trying to signal to Allen on the stand.
"I couldn't believe what I was seeing," U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan said Tuesday morning, before the trial began for the day. "That's borderline obstruction of justice."
Bundy's colleague, Creighton Magid, said Tuesday morning that the Anchorage lawyer and former U.S. attorney is "absolutely torn up by this" and "vehemently" denied signaling to his client....
Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, left, listens to witness Bill Allen, right, being questioned by his Attorney Brendan Sullivan, second from left top, Oct. 6, 2008. Others depicted are Prosecution Attorneys Joseph Bottini, and Brenda Morris, seated second and third from left, and Judge Emmet G. Sullivan, second from right. (AP Photo/Dana Verkouteren)
Stevens jurors hear tape of plot to hide free work (click here)
By JESSE J. HOLLAND and TOM HAYS – 1 hour ago
WASHINGTON (AP) — Two close friends of Sen. Ted Stevens schemed to conceal the fact that one was paying for extensive work done at the senator's cabin in Alaska, according to FBI audiotapes played Tuesday at Stevens' corruption trial.
The pair, Bill Allen and Bob Persons, are heard on tape fretting in February 2006 over a plumbing bill that says, "Labor paid for by Bill," after Stevens contacted them about the job.
"We need to make that disappear from (the plumber's) records," Persons says in one conversation captured by an FBI wiretap of Allen's phones. "Tell him Ted's paying for everything. I mean, that's the safest thing, Bill."...
By JESSE J. HOLLAND and TOM HAYS – 1 hour ago
WASHINGTON (AP) — Two close friends of Sen. Ted Stevens schemed to conceal the fact that one was paying for extensive work done at the senator's cabin in Alaska, according to FBI audiotapes played Tuesday at Stevens' corruption trial.
The pair, Bill Allen and Bob Persons, are heard on tape fretting in February 2006 over a plumbing bill that says, "Labor paid for by Bill," after Stevens contacted them about the job.
"We need to make that disappear from (the plumber's) records," Persons says in one conversation captured by an FBI wiretap of Allen's phones. "Tell him Ted's paying for everything. I mean, that's the safest thing, Bill."...
