Alaska Republican Senator Ted Stevens has been convicted on federal corruption charges.  “I am innocent,” the 84-year-old Stevens said in a written statement.  “I will fight this unjust verdict with every ounce of energy I have.”

Stevens was convicted of seven counts of making false statements on Senate ethics forms in order to hide hundreds of thousands of dollars in gifts and work on his Alaska home by an oil contractor who is currently target of a corruption investigation.

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