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Citizens Against Government Waste
Taxpayer Watchdog Reacts To Stevens Verdict
November 15th, 2008
The nation's premier taxpayer watchdog group Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) issued the following statement on the news that Sen. Ted Stevens was found guilty on seven counts of failing to report more than $250,000 in improper gifts he received from 1999 to 2006. He faces a possible five-year prison sentence on each count. Sen. Stevens was CAGW's top Porker during that period of time. "The Stevens trial will go down in history alongside the trials of lobbyists Jack Abramoff and former Rep. Randy 'Duke' Cunningham as just another sad, but not surprising spectacle of corruption and cynicism in the nation's capital," said CAGW President Tom Schatz. "The...
Source: Law & Health Weekly (2008-11-15)
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