PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW: The attorney general’s five-year legislative corruption investigation now has netted convictions of 21 people with ties to the state House, but the office filed no charges against anyone in the Senate.
“If people are not charged, they are not charged,” said Chief Deputy Attorney General Frank Fina.
That doesn’t mean the Senate is free of trouble.
Federal prosecutors charged two state senators with using taxpayer-paid staff for political work, and the Allegheny County District Attorney’s office charged Republican Sen. Jane Orie with the same thing… (more)
