Senate Committee to revisit Sen. Stevens's prosecution next week

Sen. Patrick Leahy's (D-Vt.) Judiciary Committee on Wednesday will question special counsel Henry Schuelke on his 514-page report detailing misconduct of the prosecution that led to the wrongful conviction of the late Sen.Ted Stevens (R-Alaska.).

Stevens, who died in a 2008 airplane crash in a remote region of Alaska, had recently lost his reelection bid after being convicted for allegedly failing to report gifts he had received while serving as a U.S. senator. The conviction was ruled null months after his death, after Attorney General Eric holder concluded that prosecutors had engaged in dishonest practices by withholding evidence. 

In his report, released Thursday, Schuelke said misconduct among the prosecution was "intentional," but he stopped short of calling for charges against the prosecution, saying "the evidence is insufficient to establish" that prosecutors purposely violated criminal contempt statutes.

Senate hearings schedule for next week:

Armed Services

Mar. 27, "Hearings to examine U.S. Strategic Command and U.S. Cyber Command in review of the Defense Authorization request for fiscal year 2013 and the Future Years Defense Program; with the possibility of a closed session in SVC-217 following the open session"

9:30 a.m., 106 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Foreign Relations

Mar. 28, "Hearings to examine United States policy on Iran"

10 a.m., 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building  

Judiciary

Mar. 28, "Hearings to examine the Special Counsel's report on the prosecution of Senator Ted Stevens"

10 a.m., 226 Dirksen Senate Office Building 

Inaugural Ceremonies — 2012

Mar. 28, "Organizational business meeting to consider an original resolution authorizing expenditures for committee operations and committee's rules and procedure for the 112th Congress"

10:30 a.m., 216 Capitol Building, Senate side   

Commerce, Science and Transportation

Mar. 28, "Hearings to examine the science and standards of forensics"

2:30 p.m., 253 Russell Senate Office Building

Energy and Natural Resources

March 29, "Hearings to examine current and near-term future price expectations and trends for motor gasoline and other refined petroleum fuels"

9:30 a.m., 366 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

March 29, "Hearings to examine Food and Drug Administration (FDA) user fee agreements, focusing on strengthening FDA and the medical products industry for the benefit of patients"

10 a.m., 216 Hart Senate Office Building         

Rules and Administration

March 29, "Hearings to examine S. 2219, to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to provide for additional disclosure requirements for corporations, labor organizations, Super PACs and other entities"

10 a.m., 301 Russell Senate Office Building