Jury selection begins today in the trial of Alaska Senator Ted Stevens for making false statements on his Senate financial disclosure forms between 1999 and 2006. Bloomberg has a background summary here. In one of the more interesting pretrial rulings, US District Judge Emmet Sullivan on Thursday ordered the DOJ to post Stevens’ defense exhibits on its own website, saying “I don’t think I’m overstepping my authority. There’s nationwide interest in this case.” Sullivan also ruled that the defense is entitled to medical records documenting a head injury sustained by former VECO CEO Bill Allen in a motorcycle accident. Allen has pleaded guilty in the ongoing Alaska corruption probe and is expected to be the key witness against Stevens (Legal Times blog).
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