As noted below, today, CREW released our report, CREW's Most Corrupt, which names the 20 most corrupt members of Congress -- and four to watch.
We'll be doing individual profiles on each of the named members, but two of them had front page stories in today's Anchorage Daily News: Senator Ted Stevens and Rep. Don Young.
First, Senator Ted Stevens:
An attorney defending U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens against federal charges argued Tuesday that the government's failure to provide an advance look at evidence risks jeopardizing the fast-approaching trial.
In a motion to compel the government to turn over the material, Robert Cary accused prosecutors of "dilatory tactics" that could jeopardize Stevens' right to a fair trial.
But the government, which is prosecuting Stevens in Washington, D.C., on seven counts of filing false annual financial disclosures, dismissed the defense claims as being "without merit."
Then, Rep. Don Young:
There are still some votes to count -- and maybe a recount after that -- but Rep. Don Young called a press conference Tuesday and said he expects to be the Republican on the U.S. House ballot when the Nov. 4 general election rolls around.
Young said he had not talked to Lt. Gov. Sean Parnell and doesn't expect to at least until the last absentee ballots from overseas are counted.