Reply #38: More CRIMES detailed: Contractors Assisted Stevens Fundraisers

[L. Coyote]

That Road to nowhere is lined with yellow bricks, and Craig and Stevens might as well be in OZ, they are so outta here!

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Contractors Assisted Stevens Fundraisers
Wednesday September 19, 2007 9:46 PM
By MATT APUZZO = AP
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6934349,00.html

WASHINGTON (AP) - A construction worker who oversaw renovation of Sen. Ted Stevens' home said his company also paid him to help run fundraisers for the Alaska Republican, a practice that appears to violate federal campaign finance laws.

Contractor Robert Williams is a key witness in a bribery investigation that stretches from Alaska to Capitol Hill and threatens legal and political headaches for the Senate's longest-serving Republican. The FBI is investigating whether Stevens received illegal gifts from VECO Corp., the once powerful Alaska oil contractor.

Williams said he was in charge of ``special projects'' for VECO founder Bill Allen, and the renovation of Stevens' home was one such project. Others included working three or four fundraisers for Stevens while on the clock with VECO. Federal elections laws prohibit candidates from accepting donations or free services from corporations.

Unlike other VECO employees, Williams did not itemize his time sheets with job codes so customers could be billed.