3-21 BONUSGATE - Orie Crimes Witnessed
PITTSBURGH -- A surprise witness at the campaign corruption retrial of Pittsburgh-area Republican State Sen. Jane Orie says he saw her state office staff openly doing political campaign work when she was running for re-election in 2006.
Allegheny County prosecutors called Peter McAneny, who was an executive with Kennywood Park when he visited the senator's legislative office to lobby her support for a law to end an amusement tax that park patrons paid.
Jane Orie (left)
McAneny says he called prosecutors and asked to testify Wednesday after reading a newspaper account in which Orie was quoted as being unaware that her state-funded legislative staff did political campaign work.
McAneny says that made him angry because he knew that wasn't true, because he says Orie was in the office when he saw the work being done.
Allegheny County prosecutors called Peter McAneny, who was an executive with Kennywood Park when he visited the senator's legislative office to lobby her support for a law to end an amusement tax that park patrons paid.
Jane Orie (left)
McAneny says he called prosecutors and asked to testify Wednesday after reading a newspaper account in which Orie was quoted as being unaware that her state-funded legislative staff did political campaign work.
McAneny says that made him angry because he knew that wasn't true, because he says Orie was in the office when he saw the work being done.