Sen Ted Stevens Saga Continues

Sen Ted Stevens is the guest of dishonor in today's TPMtv:


And there's this also.

TPM: Lotta Muck Under This Rock

From Roll Call ...

Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) has used a Senate employee as his personal bookkeeper but does not appear to have paid her for those services out of his own funds, even as the aide collected more than a quarter-million dollars in federal pay, according to Senate records and the aide’s financial disclosure forms.
Barbara Flanders, who has worked for Stevens since at least 2004, has been paid as an employee of the Senate, first as a staff assistant on the Appropriations Committee and in Stevens’ personal office and, since October 2005, as a “financial clerk” on the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee.

And this from the NYT:

Stevens’ Earmark Funds Airport Project That Benefits One Company

TPMmuckraker's ongoing coverage of the Stevens' scandal here.

Sen Stevens Scandal Cable News Roundup

A mix of news coverage of the Sen Ted Stevens (R-AK) scandal from MSNBC, CNN, and a lil TDS thrown in.

Olbermann has David Schuster on for what is IMHO the most thorough cable news coverage of Sen Stevens problems to date, then Jon Stewart leads into a segment that has the Senator lashing out at CNN's Dana Bash.

TPMmuckraker's ongoing coverage of the Stevens' scandal here.

FBI & IRS Raid Sen Ted Stevens' Home

TPM: FBI, IRS Search Home of U.S. Sen. Stevens, Who Has Been Scrutinized in Corruption Probe

TPMmuckraker has more.

That's the same home, of course, that was doubled by a renovation undertaken in 2000 -- the contractor, curiously, was Veco, the corrupt oil company. Veco, prosecutors have pointed out "was not in the business of residential construction or remodeling." And that's not all that's curious about the renovation.

I'll have a CNN video clip about it up soon. (Here it is)

And there's more from TPMtv:

You can also see TPMmuckraker's on-going and comprehensive reporting on the Stevens' scandal here.