U.S. Sen. Edward Kennedy will not testify in Ted [img_assist|nid=33|title=U.S. Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Hyannis Port)|desc=|link=none|url=undefined|align=right|width=132|height=137]Stevens' corruption trial, The Hill reports.

Kennedy, a Hyannis Port Democrat, was named as a possible witness at the beginning of the trial.

The Hill reports that Kennedy was not on the list of 15 witnesses submitted by Stevens' defense.

Stevens, a Republican U.S. Senator from Alaska, is on facing seven felony counts for allegedly failing to disclose $250,000 in gifts from an oil-services company in campaign finance reports between 1999 and 2006.

The Hill reports that former Secretary of State Colin Powell and U.S. Sen. Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii), a close friend of Stevens', are on the list of witnesses that are expected to testify to Stevens' character instead.