Gov. Tom Corbett’s team defends handling of Jerry Sandusky case, campaign contributions from Second Mile board members

From the HARRISBURG PATRIOT-NEWS:

When then-Attorney General Tom Corbett was running for governor last year, he refused any campaign contribution that had a state lawmaker’s name attached…

Corbett didn’t extend that same firewall to a quieter investigation his office was conducting into child sexual assault allegations against former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky.

Corbett accepted more than $25,000 from state board members of Sandusky’s charity, The Second Mile, during his gubernatorial campaign last year. On top of that, he accepted about thousands more from the charity’s regional board members, according to Pennsylvania Department of State campaign contributions website…

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