The corrupt crook in the is Tom Corbitt, the attorney general who pushed the investigation while in charge of it, and then became governor where he was automatically sat on the Penn State Board of Trustees where he became judge and jury.
His job prior to AG was in house legal counsel for Waste Management Inc. Need I say more.(They leave that out of his bio!)
Per Wiki:
Thomas Wingett Corbett Jr.[1] (born June 17, 1949) is an American politician and attorney who served as the 46th Governor of Pennsylvania from January 18, 2011 to January 20, 2015. He is a member of the Republican Party.
Born in Philadelphia, Corbett is a graduate of Lebanon Valley College and St. Mary’s University School of Law and served as a captain in the Pennsylvania Army National Guard. Corbett began his career as an assistant district attorney in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania in 1976. Corbett then joined the U.S. Department of Justice as an assistant U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania, serving from 1980 to 1983, upon entering private practice. In 1988 Corbett was first elected to public office as a Commissioner in the Pittsburgh suburb of Shaler, before serving as the United States Attorney for Western Pennsylvania from 1989 to 1993 in the George H.W. Bush administration.
In 1995, Corbett was appointed to fill the remainder of Ernie Preate’s term as Attorney General of Pennsylvania, until 1997. Corbett then reentered private practice and worked as the general counsel for Waste Management, Inc before being elected Attorney General of Pennsylvania in 2004. Corbett was then elected to a second term in 2008, serving a total of two non-consecutive tenures as attorney general from 1995 to 1997, and 2005 to 2011.
Corbett declared his candidacy for governor in March 2009. He won the Republican nomination and defeated Democratic nominee Dan Onorato, with 54.5% of the vote in the 2010 general election. He was sworn into office on January 18, 2011. On November 8, 2013 he announced his intention to run for a second term as the state’s chief executive. Corbett lost his bid for a second term to Democrat Tom Wolf in the November 4, 2014 general election. This election marked the first time an incumbent Governor running for re-election in Pennsylvania lost since William Bigler in 1854.
Corbett convened a grand jury in 2009 to investigate longstanding allegations of child sexual abuse by former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky.[16] The grand jury uncovered evidence of criminal misconduct, and a 40-count indictment against Sandusky was issued in 2011, ultimately leading to Sandusky’s criminal conviction in 2012. Corbett has been criticized for the three year time span between the grand jury investigation and Sandusky’s indictment, and for his gubernatorial staff approving a $3 million grant to Sandusky’s Second Mile charity for children, which, according to the grand jury findings, served as a repository for potential sex-abuse victims.[17] Former FBI Director Louis Freeh’s report on the Penn State scandal did not fault Corbett’s handling of the Sandusky case.[18]
Note.. Corbitt used this case as his PR to stay in the news as he ran for Gov.
Let’s be fair and not forget scumbag Rendell knew also. The rumors were floating all in the 90’s as I visited PSU and it came to a head in ‘99 as PSU played at the Alamo Bowl and the internet expanded. The crimes/cover up were as kept secret as the Catholic Church’s. Denial from top to bottom at the university (including ALL law enforcement) was sickening. I read the grand Jury report the Sunday morning it came out and it very specifically outlined all crimes including Joe Paterno (who I looked upon as a role model)and by law should have reported. It still makes me sick and true/full justice will NEVER be done.