Western Pa. State Senator Orie Charged with Corruption
by KYW's Tony Romeo
A top-ranking Republican member of the Pennsylvania state Senate has joined the list of state lawmakers facing allegations of misusing taxpayer resources for political purposes.
This time, the charges come not from the state attorney general’s office but from Allegheny County DA Stephen Zappala, who alleges that Pennsylvania state senate whip Jane Orie (R-Allegheny, Butler) used her office and staff to campaign for her sister, Joan Orie Melvin, in her successful bid for a seat on the state Supreme Court.
Jane Orie (above) was defiant after she was arraigned in suburban Pittsburgh:
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