"'No paper trail' says note in Stevens home project; Scheme alleged to conceal gifts" by Matt Apuzzo and Tom Hays, Associated Press | September 27, 2008
WASHINGTON - Stevens's lawyer says his client was in the dark about the renovations project and blamed his friend Allen for "devious" gift-giving that landed the senator in trouble. Since he had no idea he was getting free work, Stevens says, he couldn't have disclosed it on Senate forms. To press that point, Stevens lawyers asked the VECO employees how often they saw Stevens and his wife at the house. The workers said the couple was there rarely, if ever.
Renovation to a vacancy?
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