Victor Kohring
ARRESTED
Alaska Rep. Victor Kohring, R-Wasilla, is led into the Federal Court Room for arraignment in Juneau, Alaska on Friday, May 4, 2007.
(AP Photo/Chris Miller)
Prosecutors allege the scheme unfolded as lawmakers weighed a new petroleum profits tax structure and a new contract for a natural gas pipeline last year.
Kott explicitly linked his support of the pipeline and the company’s preferred version of the tax proposal to benefits during a teleconference with company officials, according to the indictment.
“You’ll get your gas line, the governor gets his bill, and I’ll get my job in Barbados,” he told company executives, the indictment states.