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State of Alaska's Legislature/Lawmaker's
Henry A. Kissinger – “Corrupt politicians make the other ten percent look bad.”
Senator Ted Stevens - Senator Lisa Murkowski -
Representative Don Young - Representative Tom Anderson - Senator Ben Stevens -
Pete Kott, Bruce Weyhrauch, Vic Kohring, VECO
and the list keeps growing...
Alaska's "Corrupt Bastards Club"
The name "Corrupt Bastards Club"
has been widely used to designate Alaska legislators implicated in a massive
federal corruption investigation.
A federal investigation of Alaska's fisheries industry involving Senator Ted
Stevens and his son Ben is expected to snag many high-profile fisheries
executives and their cronies in Alaska and Seattle. - Alaska
Report
7/31/08 - McCain-Palin ticket hits Alaska iceberg
FBI RAIDS AK CAPITOL BUILDING - Corrupt Bastard's
Club
6/28/06 - Ben Stevens Fined $150 & $150: APOC Blind to Corruption - The Alaska Report.
8/31/06 - FBI Raids Office of AK Senator's Son - By Paul Kiel - TPM Muckraker.
9/1/06 - FBI searches offices of 6 Alaska lawmakers, including son of U.S. senator - USA Today.
9/6/06 - Senator Stevens Feuds with Main Justice in DC as FBI Raids Son's Office in Alaska - Corporate Crime Reporter.
9/6/06 - Oil Slick of Corruption Spreads South - California Political Desk - September 6, 2006 - DUBLIN, CA - The FBI brought in agents from all over the country, including Sacramento, to raid the offices of six Alaska legislators last week. They were looking for illegal dealings with an Alaska-based oil firm VECO that has long been a top Republican donor. But the money trail doesn't stop in Alaska.
9/12/06 - FBI case managed from D.C. - Anchorage Daily News.
10/2/06 - Bill Moyers to dig into corruption on PBS - maybe we could get him to visit Alaska?
12/06/06 - Federal agents rail legislative offices - Anchorage Daily News.
12/10/06 - Subpoena may signal a wider corruption - Anchorage Daily News.
12/12/06 - FBI looks at more than Veco - Anchorage Daily News.
12/12/06 - FBI returns for more from Stevens' Office - Anchorage Daily News.
12/12/06 - FBI case managed from D.C. (updated from 9/12/06) - Anchorage Daily News.
12/12/06 - FBI raids case light on dual incomes. - Anchorage Daily News.
12/12/06
- FBI searches target Veco ties - Federal agents searched homes and
businesses and interviewed
CIRI executives and a political pollster Friday as
they broadened their investigation. - Anchorage Daily News.
From barroom joke to federal warrants - "The Corrupt Bastards Club" started as a barroom joke last spring among Alaska legislators whose names were linked to large campaign contributions from oil field services company VECO Corp. - Anchorage Daily News.
1/11/07 - Will the FBI inquiry prompt ethics reform? - Juneau Empire - Pat Forgey.
5/4/07 - Three Current and Former Alaska State Legislators Indicted on Public Corruption Charges - SOURCE U.S. Department of Justice.
5/5/07 - Alaska pols indicted in corruption probe - ANCHORAGE, Alaska, May 4 (UPI) -- Two former members of the Alaska Legislature were indicted Friday on federal charges of extortion, bribery, wire fraud and mail fraud. Pete Kott and Bruce Weyhrauch were arrested and jailed in Juneau, the Anchorage Daily News reported.
See each individual below
SENATOR
TED STEVENS
(Information from Alaska Report)
LISA/FRANK MURKOWSKI
(Information from Alaska Report)
REPRESENTATIVE DON YOUNG
(Information from Alaska Report)
ALASKA LEGISLATORS
(Information from Alaska Report)
FORMER MAYOR JIM HAYES - UA REGENT
May 2, 2008
Jim
Hayes Sentenced - FBI statement
February 16,
2008
FBI statement
on Jim Hayes conviction
February 10,
2008
Jim
Hayes convicted on 16 counts including theft
January 28,
2008
Ted
Stevens' earmark buddy Jim Hayes on trial