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It’s been long-suspected that Senator Ted “Series of Tubes” Stevens was corrupt as this investigation has been ongoing for years now, but it looks like it’s finally coming to a head:

Sen. Ted Stevens, the longest-serving Republican senator and a figure in Alaska politics since before statehood, has been indicted on seven counts of falsely reporting hundreds of thousands of dollars in services he received from a company that helped renovate his home.

Stevens, 84, has been dogged by a federal investigation into whether he pushed for fishing legislation that also benefited his son, an Alaska lobbyist.

From May 1999 to August 2007, prosecutors said Stevens concealed “his continuing receipt of hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of things of value from a private corporation.” The indictment released Tuesday said the items included: home improvements to his vacation home in Alaska, including a new first floor, garage, wraparound deck, plumbing, electrical wiring; as well as car exchanges, a Viking gas grill, furniture and tools.

His son, a Republican Alaska state senator, might be indicted as well. Here’s the Democrat who’s going to finally unseat Stevens when he runs for re-election this November.

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