Tally of charges in probeA quick look at the defendants in Pennsylvania's legislative bonuses probe. Each defendant was charged with at least one count each of conflict of interest, theft and conspiracy.
• Mike Veon, former House Democratic whip, 59 counts.
• State Rep. Sean Ramaley, D-Beaver, six counts.
• Mike Manzo, former chief of staff to House Democratic leader Bill DeWeese, D-Greene, 47 counts.
• Rachel Manzo, Mike Manzo's wife and executive director of the House Democratic Policy Committee, 12 counts.
• Scott Brubaker, former director of staffing and administration for the House Democrats, 22 counts.
• Jennifer Brubaker, Scott Brubaker's wife and director of legislative research for the House Democrats, 17 counts.
• Brett Cott, former policy analyst to the Democratic floor leader and former Veon aide, 42 counts.
• Jeff Foreman, chief counsel to the minority whip and former Veon aide, 24 counts.
• Annamarie Perretta-Rosepink, former legislative assistant in Veon's district office, 22 counts.
• Stephen Keefer, former director of information technologies for the House Democrats, 16 counts.
• Earl Mosley, former personnel director for the House Democrats, 16 counts.
• Patrick J. Lavelle, research analyst for the House Democrats, six counts.
Grand jury's chief findingsExcepts from a pair of grand jury presentments made public Thursday as prosecutors announced the arrest of 12 people associated with the Pennsylvania House of Representatives' Democratic caucus:
• "It must be noted that the award of bonuses was but a single facet of the concerted effort to employ taxpayer funds and resources for campaign purposes."
• "It was clearly understood by all these employees that the campaign work in question was part of their public employment and not something to relegate to after work hours or personal time."
• "Many caucus employees testified about the alarm that spread through the caucus following the public disclosure of the bonuses."
• "'While we watch the media rip us to pieces over the legislative bonuses, I just wanted to take a moment to kind of focus back to why our staff was treated so well: because they, and you, earned it!'" (Feb. 2, 2007, e-mail from Mike Manzo to House Democratic employees.)
• "Every former member of Mike Veon's Capitol office who testified before the grand jury identified a culture wherein no distinction was made between campaign and legislative work."
• On the pressure to "volunteer" for campaign work: "One former employee described how she dreaded (Jeff) Foreman's approach, envisioning him as 'the grim reaper,' moving from desk to desk and spreading sorrow by asking employees to give up portions of their lives."
• "You have given John Kerry an even better opportunity to win this state ... one of the most five important states to win this year." (Oct. 13, 2004, e-mail from Mike Veon to his caucus staff after the successful effort to bar Ralph Nader from the Pennsylvania presidential ballot.)
• "'It would absolutely be expected as part of your job that you would be in Beaver County, that you would be helping out in other areas on campaigns.'" (Testimony from Bob Caton, former press secretary for Mike Veon.)
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