...without charge as the Republican Party lawyer. He had been warned by the Alaska Public Offices Commission, the state campaign watchdog agency, that his work for the party appeared to constitute an illegal contribution. "I'm not a crook anymore...

...Berliner, investigator for the public offices commission, however, APOC commissioners have decided that the state campaign watchdog agency should push on at least until it hears from the Justice Department. Former VECO executive Rick Smith acknowledged...