12 current and former Democrat lawmakers and staffers have been charged with stealing “millions of dollars of taxpayers funds, resources and state employees for political campaign purposes” in the Bonus Probe known as Bonusgate. Corbett revealed the indictments after an hour-long press conference this afternoon.
A current and a former state lawmaker, a former House Democratic Minority Whip and four current House Democratic staffers are among the 12 people charged with theft, criminal conspiracy, conflict of interest and other charges as part of a grand jury probe into bonuses paid to employees of the Pennsylvania Legislature and the possibility that state resources were used in political campaigns.
State Rep. Sean Ramaley, D-Beaver and Allegheny counties, Mike Veon, former House Democratic Minority Whip, and Michael Manzo, the former chief of staff to Pennsylvania Democratic House Majority Leader H. William DeWeese are among 12 people charged by Attorney General Tom Corbett’s public corruption unit after an 18-month investigation.
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Also charged are: Jeff Foreman, chief counsel to House Democratic Majority Whip Keith McCall and former Veon chief of staff; Rachel Manzo, executive director of the House Democratic Policy Committee and wife of Michael Manzo; Scott Brubaker, the caucus’s former director of administration for DeWeese; Jennifer Brubaker, director of the Legislative Research Office for the House Democratic Caucus; Patrick Lavelle, a research analyst for the caucus; Annamarie Perretta-Rosepink, former legislative assistant to House Democratic whip; Stephen Keefer, the caucus’s former information technology director; Earl Mosley, the caucus’s director of personnel; Brett Cott, former special assistant to House Democratic Leader.
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