Attorney General Tom Corbett

1 attorney general

1.1 1995 appointment
1.2 1996
1.3 2004 election
1.4 2008 election
1.5 healthcare reform
1.6 jerry sandusky child sex abuse scandal
1.7 twitter

attorney general
1995 appointment

in 1995, corbett appointed position of state attorney general governor ridge fill remainder of term left conviction of ernie preate. condition of senate confirmation, senate democrats required him pledge not run re-election in 1996. common practice in pennsylvania appointments elected offices. jerry pappert made same pledge in 2003 when succeeded mike fisher state attorney general. while attorney general, corbett s office received multiple allegations of sexism , derogatory treatment of women. 1 woman claimed while working in office executives had shared pornographic emails between 1 another, forcing office $15,000 settlement.

1996

during 1 of corbett s first years pennsylvania s attorney general, in september 1996, corbett , others granted lehigh carbon community college , cedar crest emergicenter full membership of drugs don t work here (ddwh) program. ddwh program program assesses substance abuse in workplace. 3 months later in december, corbett assured used-car dealer in northampton county pay violations state laws, in dealer, matthew connolly, complied pay fines.

2004 election

after returns reported, associated press called race in democratic nominee jim eisenhower s favor, retract call later numbers closed. corbett declared victory following morning, having defeated eisenhower 110,000 votes, winning 50.4% 48.3%. green party candidate marakay rogers captured 1.3% of vote.

tom corbett speaking @ pittsburgh rally presidential candidate john mccain in 2008


2008 election

corbett re-elected in 2008. won largest vote total of republican in state s history. defeated democrat john morganelli, bucking trend of democratic success in pennsylvania year.

in october 2008, corbett prosecuted 4 individuals part of $9 million dollar meth ring in berks , montgomery county.

healthcare reform

on march 23, 2010, corbett, along 13 other state attorneys general, filed lawsuit against mandates in just-signed federal healthcare bill, claiming unconstitutional. while corbett believed in federal healthcare bill s unconstitutionality, corbett said intended implement law once governor of pennsylvania, according 1 spokesperson.

corbett commented, regarding dwight evans (pennsylvania s house appropriations committee), while evans had constitutional right criticize corbett attorney general, matter of statewide concern if evans cut funding due legal position taken [by corbett attorney general]. of january 2011, total of 27 states have joined lawsuit.

jerry sandusky child sex abuse scandal

corbett convened grand jury in 2009 investigate longstanding allegations of child sexual abuse former penn state assistant football coach jerry sandusky. grand jury uncovered evidence of criminal misconduct, , 40-count indictment against sandusky issued in 2011, leading sandusky s criminal conviction in 2012. corbett has been criticized 3 year time span between grand jury investigation , sandusky s indictment, , gubernatorial staff approving $3 million grant sandusky s second mile charity children, which, according grand jury findings, served repository potential sex-abuse victims. former fbi director louis freeh s report on penn state scandal did not fault corbett s handling of sandusky case.

twitter

in 2010, corbett subpoenaed social media app, twitter, in order “testify , give evidence regarding alleged violations of laws of pennsylvania”. corbett ordered twitter give information 2 twitter accounts had been anonymously criticizing him. 1 of them responsible “exposing hypocrisy of tom corbett”. had twitter failed appear in court information regarding accounts, corbett hold company accountable , issue arrest warrant twitter representative contempt of court.