By Alex Roarty
PoliticsPA Staff Writer
roarty@politicspa.com
Hours after the latest round of “Bonusgate” charges, Republican gubernatorial candidate Sam Rohrer on Tuesday again said Attorney General Tom Corbett needs to investigate the Senate Republican Caucus for its “legendary” political operation.
“By all counts, the Attorney General’s work is half way there,” Rohrer, a state Republican lawmaker, said in a statement obtained by PoliticsPA. “The investigation into the political operations of all four caucuses has produced a multi-month parade of indictments and public scorn on alleged State House offenders.
“We await word on the investigation of the State Senate’s legendary, and well reported, political operation, and hope the process can be completed before the political season begins in earnest this January,” he said. “For this investigation to inspire public confidence and encourage a new culture of ethical and moral behavior by officeholders, a complete, thorough investigation into legislative corruption is essential.”
The statement was the most specific criticism of the Senate Republican Caucus to date from Rohrer, who has repeatedly said he finds it hard to believe the alleged wrongdoing could have taken place only in the House. Corbett is Rohrer’s rival for the GOP gubernatorial nomination.
A spokesman for the Senate Republican Caucus dismissed Rohrer’s assertion.
“Rep. Rohrer is singularly uninformed about the state Senate,” said Erik Arneson, spokesman for Senate Majority Leader Dominic Pileggi (R-Delaware). “We have cooperated and will continue to cooperate with the Attorney General’s investigation.”
The attorney general declined earlier Tuesday to say where his investigation will head next or when the next round of charges will come.
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