Former FBI director focuses Penn State probe on athletic department, employees say

HARRISBURG PATRIOT-NEWS:  It was about 9 on the night after Penn State officials confirmed the university had been subpoenaed for dozens of documents by federal investigators. A reply-all email was sent out from the man the university had hired to safeguard its image in the wake of scandal.

“This leaves out Joe Paterno. Wasn’t he named in subpoena?” wrote Lanny Davis, the high-profile attorney known for spin control in the weeds of scandals involving the likes of Monica Lewinsky and Martha Stewart…

The Feb. 2 subpoena to Penn State — which asked for finance records, payments made by trustees to third parties, computer hard drives, complaints about Jerry Sandusky, and years of correspondence — never mentioned Paterno…  (more)

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