A federal judge says he will hold Justice Department attorneys in contempt for failing to deliver documents to former Sen. Ted Stevens’ legal team. U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan said it was “outrageous” that government attorneys would ignore his deadline for turning over documents.
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Last month, Sullivan ordered the Justice Department to turn over all the agency’s internal communications regarding a whistleblower complaint against the FBI agent leading the Stevens investigation.
Stevens was convicted in October of lying on Senate disclosure documents about hundreds of thousands of dollars in gifts and home renovations from an Alaska businessman.
Stevens lost his re-election bid in November and has asked Sullivan to throw out his conviction.
