WASHINGTON, Alaska, July 29 (UPI) -- A federal judge in Washington has given a special prosecutor subpoena power as he investigates the corruption investigation of former Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens.
U.S. District Judge Emmett Sullivan named Henry J. Schuelke III to investigate whether any of the prosecutors in the Stevens case committed criminal contempt, the Anchorage Daily News reports. Stevens was convicted last year of failing to report gifts from government contractors on disclosure forms, but the verdict was set aside when the new U.S. attorney general, Eric Holder, said prosecutors failed to give the defense exculpatory evidence.