Has anyone seen the big scandal in PA. GOP & Speaker of the house using Tax Dollars on Campaigns?

[LynneSin]

I'm suprised this hasn't been a bigger deal but I think there is something huge here. In PA it was discovered that the GOP State House Leader John Perzel was funnelling PA Taxpayer money into GOP campaign coffers.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/08/31/us-crime-pennsylvania-corruption-idUSTRE77U7JG20110831

Former Pennsylvania speaker pleads guilty to corruption

(Reuters) - John Perzel, who once was one of Pennsylvania's most powerful political figures, pleaded guilty on Wednesday in a corruption scandal that became known as "bonusgate."

In a statement after he pleaded guilty before Dauphin County Common Pleas Court Judge Richard A. Lewis, Perzel, 61, said: "To the people of Pennsylvania; to the voters who put their trust in me for the 32 years that I had the privilege of serving the 172nd district; and to my family and friends, I want to express my profound regrets for my actions. You had a right to expect better from me, and I am sorry that I let you down."

Defense lawyer Brian J. McMonagle said that in theory Perzel, a Republican who once was speaker of the House of Representatives from the Northeast section of Philadelphia, could face up to 24 years in prison and a $50,000 fine for eight counts of conspiracy, theft and conflict of interest.

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The probe came after the Harrisburg Patriot News newspaper revealed that millions of dollars in bonus money had been given to legislative aides. A grand jury then investigated the issue of payments to state employees for political campaigns. Perzel himself was originally charged with 82 counts, but in the end, he pleaded to a far smaller number of charges.

[barbtries]

1. i hope he gets years in prison.

maybe just maybe it would send a message.

[LynneSin]

2. I just want to know who else benefitted from this

I mean Corbett was the one that investigated the scandal so I suspect he is clean - but who else isn't? Was it just a state level problem or did some US Rep/Senator candidates also benefit.