{"id":168,"date":"2008-07-29T17:54:35","date_gmt":"2008-07-29T21:54:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/?p=168"},"modified":"2008-07-29T17:56:27","modified_gmt":"2008-07-29T21:56:27","slug":"ted_stevens_indicted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2008\/07\/29\/ted_stevens_indicted\/","title":{"rendered":"Ted Stevens Indicted"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ted Stevens (R-AK), the longest serving GOP senator, was indicted on corruption charges today. The indictment includes seven counts of failing to disclose more than $250,000 in gifts and services from an oil services company that helped renovate his home.<\/span><\/p>\n

All I can say is: it’s about time!<\/p>\n

More here<\/a>, here<\/a> and here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ted Stevens (R-AK), the longest serving GOP senator, was indicted on corruption charges today. The indictment includes seven counts of failing to disclose more than $250,000 in gifts and services from an oil services company that helped renovate his home. All I can say is: it’s about time! More here, here and here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7],"tags":[65,67,66],"class_list":["post-168","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-politics","tag-alaska","tag-corruption","tag-ted-stevens","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pfpI7-2I","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":865,"url":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2008\/10\/27\/ted-stevens-guilty-on-all-counts\/","url_meta":{"origin":168,"position":0},"title":"Ted Stevens: Guilty On All Counts","author":"Jeff","date":"October 27, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"From the Wall Street Journal: Alaska Sen. 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