Took him long enough. For those who are unaware, Senator Ted Stevens, the longest serving Republican in the U.S. Senate, was indicted last month by a federal grand jury for filing false financial disclosure reports that withheld information about more than $250,000 in improvements to his home, paid for by a private oil services company. He should have been indicted for bribery, but there were problems with the statute of limitations on the crime.
“Based on recent indictments against Sen. Stevens, I felt it was appropriate to donate the $1,000 contribution his PAC made to my campaign in 2004,” Castle, R-Del., said in a Wednesday statement, responding to a Gannett News Service query.
On Thursday, Castle’s campaign office sent a donation in the same amount to the United Way of Delaware.