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Corruption trial begins for Pennsylvania legislator

Associated Press

  January 24, 2012

A prosecutor on Monday described a once-powerful longtime Democratic lawmaker as a “common thief with uncommon access’’ to taxpayers’ money, as he became the first sitting Pennsylvania legislator to go to trial as part of a public corruption inquiry that started five years ago. Senior Deputy Attorney General Ken Brown told jurors the evidence will show that state Rep. Bill DeWeese illegally used legislative employees for political campaigning and fund-raising.

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