Methinks a Corbett scandal


                    ... within the Sandusky scandal

The case of the deleted e-mails

Just what Tom Corbett needs as he runs for re-election with an approval rate in the low 20s.

Let me see if I have this correct. In the middle of the investigation of the Jerry Sandusky pedophilia scandal at Penn State, immediately after Corbett assumed office as governor, the acting attorney general whom he appointed to succeed him -- Bill Ryan -- decided to delete all e-mail from the attorney general's office after six months, instead of five years. 

This is not just a state office. This is the top state investigation organization and documentation is essential for running an effective operation.

One of the biggest scandals in years that started in 2009, and you delete the e-mails of everyone working on the case?

That is what is slowing down Attorney General Kathleen Kane's investigation of the handling of the Sandusky scandal by Corbett and his minions. Kane had run for attorney general vowing to investigate why the Sandusky investigation took so long – and whether or not Sandusky's behavior was able to continue. Corbett is alleged to have slowed down the pace of the investigation until he was elected governor. 

Kane appointed a law professor, Geoffrey Moulton, Jr. of Widener Law School, to lead the investigation. However, it has been slowed because they have to recover these e-mails, which is a long, tedious -- and expensive -- process.

However, Tom Corbett wants people to think that he knew nothing about it? It sounds like obstruction of justice, although in fairness, that may be premature.

According to the AP, Ryan denied any tie between the Sandusky investigation and the deleted e-mails policy. "It had nothing to do with the Sandusky investigation," he told The Meadville Tribune on Friday.

Ryan was a top deputy in the attorney general's office under Corbett when the Sandusky investigation began in 2009. Ryan ran the agency for about four months after Corbett left to become governor in January 2011. Corbett appointed Ryan to a cushy job as chairman of the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board in August 2011, and Sandusky was charged in November 2011. That is a key period of the investigation.
This has the potential to be explosive. Remember, it is always the coverup that ensnares politicians.

Read more here: http://www.centredaily.com/2014/02/15/4038501/ex-top-pa-prosecutor-scaled-back.html#storylink=cpy


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