A Justice Department internal investigation of the botched prosecution of Ted Stevens concluded two prosecutors committed reckless professional misconduct and should be sanctioned through forced time off without pay.
Justice officials recommended Joseph Bottini be suspended without pay for 40 days and James Goeke for 15 days. The department did not find that either assistant U.S. attorney acted intentionally to violate ethics rules, a finding that is contrary to a parallel criminal investigation. Bottini and Goeke, who were Alaska-based prosecutors in the Stevens trial, have the option to appeal the misconduct finding to the Merit System Protection Board.
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