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Related: About this forumCorbett too Busy to Arrest Sandusky years earlier -he was using grand jury to unmask Twitter critic
http://www.yardbird.com/corbett_sandusky_psu_timeline.htmThere is much info on the above timeline that is not published in other sources.
In late 2008, a parent contacts authorities to report that Sandusky sexually abused her son. In March 2009, the Centre County District Attorney believes he may have a conflict of interest and transfers the responsibility for the investigation to the office of Attorney General Tom Corbett.
Corbett decides his best chance of getting elected Governor is to put the full energies of his office into the Bonusgate probe. According to some press reports, a single investigator is assigned to the Sandusky case, who handles it part-time.
Dec. 2009: After a person is acquitted in a bonusgate trial, "Corbett fears for his election prospects. AG Corbett orders all the agents in the Bureau of Criminal Investigation to drop whatever they are doing to perform background checks on approximately 350 potential jurors in the "Bonusgate" jury pool. Corbett says he suspects jury tampering by his political opponents. The Sandusky investigation continues to languish."
May 2010 - Two people use Twitter to criticize the focus of Corbett's investigation. Corbett uses a secret grand jury to issue a secret subpeona to Twitter ordering them to release to him the identity of the two critics. The subpeona orders Twitter to keep the matter secret, and if they want to make it public, then have to notify the AG's office in advance so the AG can get a court order to keep it secret. Twitter decides to fight. They notify the two targets of the subpeona, who release the subpeona to the press.
Dec. 2010: "Mike McQueary is finally put in front of the Grand Jury. This is what should have happened in March 2009. The grand jury presentment states, "The graduate assistant (McQueary) was never questioned by University Police and no other entity conducted an investigation until he testified in Grand Jury in December, 2010.' "
"Jan. 2011: Corbett is sworn in as governor... First Deputy AG William Ryan becomes Acting AG. This is a "Magic Moment." Acting AG Ryan and the other professional staff are not beholden to politics or politicians, as they have been for some years.... Seven additional state police and AG office agents are assigned to the Sandusky case."
Nov 2011: Grand jury presentment is released and Jerry Sandusky is charged with pedophile crimes.
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The following info is that the Sandusky case might have languished even longer, if a state narcotics investigator had not been conducting a completely separate steriods investigation at Penn State and connected some of the dots together on his own.
http://www.yardbird.com/busted_narcotics_agent_nabs_sandusky.htm
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http://paindependent.com/2010/06/corbett-criticized-for-twitter-subpoenas-2/
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=175x19353
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Corbett too Busy to Arrest Sandusky years earlier -he was using grand jury to unmask Twitter critic (Original Post)
JPZenger
Jan 2012
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blue neen
(12,319 posts)1. Governor Tom Corrupt has dirt all over him, doesn't he?
What a crook...very paranoid, too.
HopeHoops
(47,675 posts)2. Corbett was in the shower (figuratively) and still came out dirty.