Ted Stevens (the senator famous for opposing net neutrality because the internet is like a bunch of “tubes”) has been charged with a series of felonies for taking bribes.
Sen. Ted Stevens, the Alaskan powerhouse Republican senator, was indicted Tuesday on seven counts of not disclosing hundreds of thousands of dollars in renovation work done on his home by a private oil services company.
The alleged free work on his Alaskan vacation home included plumbing.
It’s not clear yet if Stevens’ defense will be that the alleged gifts weren’t a big bribe, they were just a series of tubes.
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