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Article: Senator questions FBI authority in corruption case
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- August 14, 2008
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A senior Republican senator accused the Justice Department of trampling on the independence of the U.S. Congress, arguing Thursday that the corruption case against him should be thrown out.
That legal argument will test the limits of a court ruling that prosecutors fear could limit their ability to investigate corruption in Congress. Stevens said FBI agents went too far when they questioned his Senate aides.
Sen. Ted Stevens, the longest serving Republican senator, is scheduled to go on trial next month on charges that he lied on Senate disclosure records about hundreds of thousands of dollars in gifts and services he received from a powerful oil services contractor, VECO ...