Witness testimony continued in the Stevens case today with several VECO employees testifying about their work in renovating Sen. Stevens' A-frame home in Girdwood, into what the government calls a "luxurious 3-story structure".

The main prosecution witness today was VECO accountant Cheryl Boomershine. Boomershine discussed in detail invoices and records that VECO employees submitted to VECO's main office relating to work at Stevens' home in Girdwood. Although VECO was an oil field services company the invoices and records note references to "Girdwood Utilities" and "Girdwood Consultants."

The prosecution also entered into evidence 2 checks from Sen. Stevens and his wife Catherine to VECO for services. The checks were: one for $420.28 from 2003 and another for $1710.41 from August 2005. The checks were listed as being for transportation, that Stevens took with VECO corporation and was reimbursing the company for. Also submitted into evidence was a VECO receipt relating to costs at the Stevens home involving Rocky Williams, the project supervisor. On the back of a note from an a VECO accountant was a note saying "no paper trail" to VECO CEO Bill Allen.

In the morning prosecutors in painstaking detail reviewed the construction done on Stevens' home. The jury heard from a roofer, electrician and a steel fabrication worker who worked on Stevens home. The detail was excruciating going in details on wires used and the type of generator installed at the Senator's house.

Only one worker testified that he saw Stevens at his house when it was under constuction. One worker, a contractor with Christensen Builders, testified today (Friday) that Stevens' wife Catherine brought muffins to the construction site one day when she was seeing how the work was going. Also submitted into evidence today was a picture of the house jacked up and placed on stilts.

The rather uneventful testimony today is expected to lay the groundwork for former VECO CEO Bill Allen's testimony on Monday . The lawyers today had a closed session to deal with issues of surveilence tapes that may be released as early as Monday. The tapes are believed to detail several conversations Sen. Stevens had with Bill Allen.

As the government's key witness, Allen is a controversial character; he has pleaded guilty to federal corruption and bribery charges in Alaska and has been under Alaska state investigation for sexually abusing teenage prostitutes. Today the government filed a motion seeking to limit cross examination of Allen, who suffered a major head injury in 2001 in a motorcycle accident, and has been the subject of local police investigations for sexually assaulting a minor.

The government in their motion filed today noted, "The Court should limit questioning of these witnesses when the cross examination strategy behind the questioning will serve no purpose other than to impair the search for the truth; harass, annoy, or humiliate the witness."

The government also noted, " cross-examination of Allen concerning the prior or pending local investigations runs the risk of creating mini-trials on extraneous issues and distracting the jury from the facts relevant to whether defendant made false statements relating to his personal financial disclosure forms."

The defense has requested Allen's medical records to have a review of his health issues but still has not received the records; Judge Emmett Sullivan has said he may postpone his testimony until the defense receives Allen's records.

Today at the second day of trial, the government showed a few hiccups in their case by running out witnesses. The seven prosecution witnesses moved much more swiftly than expected. They infuriated the Judge, especially when he could not get answers out of the prosecutors about their witness lineup for Monday and Tuesday. Prosecutors tried to call the Justice Department to get word that witnesses could be en route to DC from Alaska over the weekend but received no answer back at HQ.

The usually mild-mannered Judge Emmett Sullivan excoriated the prosecution, "You better get someone one the phone. You better not play games. They have more resources at the Justice Department than we have at this Court. If you dont get someone on the phone this case is going to evaporate."

After waiting for ten minutes Sullivan warned again about having the witnesses ready to go, "I want them lined up...I better have some answers."