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September 30th, 2008
Posted: 03:36 PM ET
WASHINGTON (CNN) — The man who bankrolled most of the “free benefits” that Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens is on trial for allegedly trying to hide took the stand Tuesday. Bill Allen, an Alaska oil industry kingpin, is the state’s star witness against the senator. Stevens, the Senate’s longest-serving Republican, has pleaded not guilty to a seven-count indictment for filing false statements on mandatory financial disclosure forms. Prosecutors say the annual forms should have included hundreds of thousands of dollars in gifts from Allen, who founded the Veco Corporation — an oil field contractor and Alaska’s biggest employer. The firm was not known for residential construction, but a series of former workers have testified Allen and top aides directly asked them to work on the Stevens family chalet in the ski town of Girdwood outside Anchorage. –From CNN’s Paul Courson |
 
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