It’s tough being friends with someone under federal criminal investigation.
That’s what Bob Persons says. The longtime friend of Sen. Ted Stevens (R-AK) testified before a grand jury last fall about his involvement in the Veco-overseen renovations of Stevens’ home, because he’d been the one to keep tabs on the job while Stevens was in Washington. News of Persons’ testimony put him in local and national media stories about the Alaska corruption probe and soiled his good name, he told the Turnagain Times in an interview.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=180103