Sen. Stevens' team has been demanding - since before the original convictions - that the charges be dropped due to prosecutorial misconduct. Today, the Justice Dept. agreed that the conviction "cannot be defended" and agreed with the defense's request to throw the charges out.
Isn't it amazing? He just had to be convicted before the election, in order to reduce the number of Republicans in the Senate - and now that he's lost his seat to a Democrat, he's suddenly 'not guilty.'
Do ya suppose that the U.S. attorneys will be punished or disbarred for their unprofessional misconduct and possibly illegal pursuit of bogus charges against the most senior Republican senator on the Hill?
BWAAHAHAHA! What am I saying??
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Mt. Redoubt has been rumbling & sending up ash, steam, and smoke to about the 20,000 to 25,000 foot levels since yesterday. Fortunately, nothing except a smoky haze reached this far. Today, the winds are supposed to shift from out of the SW to the W, blowing ... well, whatever comes out ... due east.
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It's 12 degrees this morning, with a light frost. AccuHunch is guessing we'll have some more snow by the weekend, and then "a big warm-up" next week. It is that time of year for break-up, when the ice-cover on the waters begins to break up. Y'all can call it spring, if you want. Here, it's more like dust, mud, and lots of black pools of water on the roads & parking lots - a big mess.
And this one will be dustier, due to the ash that fell last weekend. Joy & happiness, all 'round!
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The Anchorage airport was closed again, late yesterday afternoon, due to atmospheric conditions (read ash). It will apparently reopen sometime this morning.
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That's about it, for now. A day without the constant apprehension about falling ash & resultant business closures will be a welcome one.
Have a great day, folks!
3 comments:
yeah, it stinks of left wing politics. I have to wonder why they decide now to drop the charges and even if he was guilty to begin with.
GuyK, there's a laundry list of things the prosecutor team pulled: hiding witnesses, including transferring one out of town; suppressing favorable evidence; offering immunity to a witness and then withdrawing the offer AFTER he gave testimony; it goes on & on.
AG Holder (may he soon lose his job) decided that because of all those things, the DOJ would lose the appeal that is pending.
it seems fitting that they announced the dismissal of Ted Steven's case on April 1st
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