At trial, he argued that he didn't disclose the items he received because they were not gifts. A $2,700 massage chair, for instance, remained in his house for seven years but Stevens said it was a loan. He said he assumed a $3,200 stained-glass window was paid for, since his wife takes care of such things. A $29,000 fish statue was a donation to his foundation, he said, and only remained on his front porch because that's where the donors shipped it.
C'mon, FR, Stevens was dirty.
Yes, the prosecutors were dirty, too. But that doesn't exonerate Stevens. Is our standard to call a politician dirty whether or not he has been convicted or whether he accepted gifts from people that he didn't report?
The behavior of the GOP here is appalling. Stevens shouldn't get his reputation back because he did what he was accused of. He's not going to jail because the prosecutors engaged in misconduct.
STEVENS IS DIRTY!
Stevens goes free, but he doesn’t deserve it. Of course, his dishonesty is no greater than the average senator...