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Ted Stevens Hires Ollie North's Lawyer
Taking his lead from Oliver North, Sen. Ted Stevens (R-AK) has hired Brendan V. Sullivan, Washington's most expensive and most powerful lawyer, The Washingtonian reports.
The move makes it look like Stevens isn't taking any chances in the ongoing federal probe into his dealings with Alaska oil services company Veco Corp.
Sullivan is used to going to bat for heavy weight defendants, including North, former HUD Secretary Henry Cisneros, who pled guilty to a single misdeamenor at the end of a $9 million probe, and four FBI agents involved in the 1992 Ruby Ridge shootout.
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Comments (6)
Anonymous wrote on July 2, 2007 6:31 PM:The US Government's probe on Cisneros' personal life that cost taxpayers $9m was brought to us, in part, by former Rove protegee Tim Griffin.
Anonymous wrote on July 2, 2007 6:38 PM:I thought the Cisneros probe ultimately cost $20 million. In fact, I think it just ended in the last year or so.
Sick&Tired wrote on July 2, 2007 7:15 PM:Oliver North should have gone to prision for treason and obstruction of justice. Now he sits on Fox News and is held in the highest esteem by the idiot souless fools that watch Fox News.
Kuparuk wrote on July 2, 2007 8:54 PM:It's very likely that Ted got a bargain.
Ollie North is a *very* good friend of right-wing power-politico Rev. Jerry Prevo and his Anchorage Baptist Temple -- picture Alaska's very own Pat Robertson/Christian Coalition.
Ollie has made several appearances at the Temple -- and so has Ted. Jerry's ties to the Alaskan Republican party go back as far and as deep as Ted's.
They're all pals in the party....
Bonnie wrote on July 11, 2007 9:57 PM:What is he? A potted plant?
Nancy K wrote on November 26, 2007 3:23 AM:May I have Oliver North's Email?