A federal judge in Muskogee said Thursday he is inclined to let prosecutors introduce decade-old evidence during Francis Stipe's upcoming criminal trial of congressional campaign fraud.Stipe's defense attorneys want testimony and evidence concerning Walt Roberts's 1998 campaign excluded, saying it is irrelevant to the four counts Stipe faces.
Stipe, 76, faces an April 7 trial on counts of conspiracy, witness tampering, mail fraud and paying a bribe.
He and older brother,
former state Sen. Gene Stipe, were indicted in October in an alleged plot to divert tax money to a McAlester dog food plant built on property Gene Stipe sold.
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