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Stevens goes on trial

Star-studded potential witness list emerges as
jury selection begins in D.C. court
By RICHARD MAUER and ERIKA BOLSTAD
Anchorage Daily News
Published: September 23rd, 2008 12:02 AM
Last Modified: September 23rd, 2008 01:09 AM

WASHINGTON -- The trial of U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens began

Monday morning with the start of jury selection and a glimpse
of some of the people who may be testifying over the next four
weeks.
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Jury selection got started in a large ceremonial courtroom more than an hour late as jurors stuck in
traffic or unable to find the courthouse straggled in. The court summoned 150 District of Columbia
residents for the trial, from which a dozen plus alternates will be selected.

After the pool was sworn, Sullivan gave them a short pep talk on the importance of service and
asked the two sides to introduce themselves. Stevens, called by his full first name, Theodore,
during the formal parts of the trial, was sitting at the defense table when he was introduced by his
chief counsel, Brendan Sullivan.

The jurors were presented with a 21-page questionnaire seeking general information about their
lives ("What Internet sites or blogs do you regularly visit?"), and knowledge or opinions they might
have of Congress, Alaska ("What comes to mind when you think of Alaska?") and people involved in
the trial.

That was Judge Sullivan's purpose in reading the witness list. He acknowledged that a large number
of them won't be called -- if they were, the trial would never end by Election Day on Nov. 4, which
was Stevens' goal in seeking a speedy trial.

'WHO'S WHO' LIST OF WITNESSES

Steven, 84, is the longest serving Republican senator ever and is seeking his seventh full term in
November. He said he hopes to be acquitted by the time Alaska voters go to the polls.

The judge didn't say which side would call any particular witness, and it's possible some were
placed there by both the government and the defense. He read them rapidly and only spelled out a
few, and the list wasn't available from the court or either side. That left other observers guessing
about the spelling of some of the names and the affiliation of most of them.

But some were clear, such as Powell and the four senators: Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, Daniel Inouye,
D-Hawaii, Ted Kennedy, D-Mass., and Patrick Leahy, D-Vermont.
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