Sen. Ted Stevens trial continues today, with tapes

[ThePhoenix]

Sen. Ted Stevens trial continues today, with tapes of phone conversations

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Despite recent snafus, Sen. Ted Stevens' trial continues today, with tapes of phone conversations between Stevens and former VECO CEO Bill Allen being played for the jury.

"I think they're probably listening to this conversation right now," Stevens presciently says in one of the recordings.

"We might have to pay a fine and spend a little time in jail," he continues in the recordings from the fall of 2006, the AP reports. "I hope it doesn't come to that."

The friendship between Stevens and the former VECO CEO was laid out in Allen's testimony against the seven-term senator from Alaska last week. Allen himself pleaded guilty to three counts of bribery and conspiracy in 2007.

"Ted, I love you, you know," Allen said in one of the tapes, illustrating how close the two once were.

"Let's get through this and get back to our boot camps again," Stevens said, referring to trips the friends would take together, The Hill recounts from the trial today.