Computergate Trial Starts Tomorrow In Pennsylvania

01.17.12 | Sarah Harnisch

Jury selection begins tomorrow in the public corruption trial of former Pennsylvania House Speaker Bill DeWeese.  Opening statements get underway next week.  The 61-year-old Democrat is charged with illegally using taxpayer-funded employees to perform campaign work for him. DeWeese's defense attorney unsuccessfully asked that jurors be brought in from another county because of pre-trial publicity.  The DeWeese public corruption trial officially begins January 23rd in Harrisburg.