WASHINGTON AP – Sen. Ted Stevens is set to return to the witness stand to try to convince a federal court jury that he was largely in the dark about a major renovation project at his Alaska home that is at the heart of a corruption case that threatens his reputation and chances for re-election.
Stevens claims his wife paid every bill they got – $160,000 in all – and that Bill Allen, head of the pipeline services company VECO Corp., threw in expensive extras without telling him. Jurors were expected to hear Stevens make that case Friday when his criminal trial resumes in a courthouse only blocks from the U.S. Capitol.
