WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 (UPI) -- Four Justice Department lawyers were held in contempt Friday for failing to turn over documents in the corruption case of former Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska.
U.S. District Court Judge Emmet Sullivan held in contempt: William Welch II, chief of the Justice Department's Public Integrity Section; Brenda Morris, principal deputy chief of the section and lead prosecutor in the case; trial attorney Kevin Driscoll; and Patricia Stemler, chief of the Criminal Division's Appellate Section.