State Rep. Bill DeWeese, the former House Majority Leader, evoked his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination this morning in a private meeting with the judge presiding over the corruption trial of his onetime legislative colleague Mike Veon.
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Inquirer: DeWeese invokes Fifth Amendment rights
Tuesday, March 9th, 2010UPDATED — PoliticsPA: DeWeese challenger says she has Evans’ support
Sunday, February 14th, 2010“I just had a conversation with Dwight Evans, the chairman of the Appropriations Committee, and he is supporting me,” Snyder said. “I was very pleased to hear that from him which goes to show that Pam Snyder can and will be an effective legislator.”
Greene commissioner to challenge DeWeese in primary
Monday, February 8th, 2010Greene County Commissioners Chairwoman Pam Snyder this morning announced she will challenge embattled state Rep. Bill DeWeese, D-Waynesburg, in the Democratic primary for the seat that he’s held since 1976.
Politics as Usual: DeWeese, Bonusgate, and the demon sheep
Thursday, February 4th, 2010Better late than never, here’s this week’s edition of Pennsylvania’s Only State Government Podcast™.
In the pod this week, we muse on the latest round of legislative retirements and Bill DeWeese’s re-election announcement; sift through the latest in gubernatorial gossip and gaze at the wonder that is the Bonusgate Trial
DeWeese to seek re-election
Thursday, February 4th, 2010Saying there is too much at stake for families in his state House district, Rep. Bill DeWeese, D-Greene, issued a news release today stating his intention to seek re-election to the seat he has held for over three decades.
Veon trial opens with DeWeese blamed for Bonusgate
Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010HARRISBURG – It was all Bill DeWeese’s fault. That was what a lawyer for former State Rep. Mike Veon, DeWeese’s longtime second-in-command, spent the better part of three hours telling jurors yesterday as Veon’s Bonusgate theft trial got under way.
Veon challenging ‘Bonusgate’ e-mails
Wednesday, January 13th, 2010The trial scheduled to begin Tuesday centers around some 60,000 e-mail messages purporting to show that political work was done on state time and that more than $1 million in tax dollars were distributed as bonuses to compensate staffers for campaign work.
Brian O’Neill: DeWeese plays tragic role without script
Thursday, December 31st, 2009Greene County is a long way from ancient Greece, but I took a call from a fallen politician there recently. Rep. Bill DeWeese, the top Democrat in the Pennsylvania House for most of the past two decades, is free on bail on charges of corruption.
PoliticsPA’s Up and Down: 12/25 Edition
Friday, December 25th, 2009Call us Grinches, but it’s all down arrows this week – Testimony reveals some of the weird things Bill DeWeese had his staff doing for him, Joe Sestak digs at Specter during the holidays, and David Argall won’t make up his mind!
Grand jury testimony tells of DeWeese’s demands on staff
Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009“(DeWeese) would take a piece of paper, rip it up into 100 tiny, little pieces and hand it to you,” Sidella told the grand jury. “It didn’t matter if there was a garbage can sitting right in front of him. He just wanted someone else to throw it away. It was very peculiar.”
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