Prosecutors say State Sen. Wayne Bryant got a no-show job through former UMDNJ dean R. Michael Gallagher.
For the more than 20 years as a New Jersey legislator, state Sen. Wayne Bryant was credited with steering millions of dollars to South Jersey, reinvigorating the City of Camden. On March 29, Bryant, the former chairman of the powerful Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee, was indicted on 13 corruption-related counts. He has pleaded not guilty. The Inquirer takes a look at the controversy and allegations surrounding Bryant in this special topic.
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- Complete coverage of the indictment of state Sen. Wayne Bryant
On its face, there is nothing too unusual about the March 2002 letter that State Sen. Wayne Bryant signed in support of R. Michael Gallagher's promotion to dean of the School of Osteopathic Medicine at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey.
- Previous coverage of the Wayne Bryant investigation
After his latest court appearance in Trenton yesterday, State Sen. Wayne R. Bryant gave his characteristic blank stare to reporters asking him about the charges of fraud and political corruption facing him.
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TRENTON - New Jersey Sen. Wayne Bryant pleaded not guilty to fraud, bribery and pension-padding charges this morning as his odyssey as criminal defendant continues.
- Some experts don't agree with the prosecutors' answer: Pa.'s Vincent J. Fumo and N.J.'s Wayne R. Bryant are greedy.The region's two recently indicted state senators were - and are - rich and powerful men. The personal wealth of Pennsylvania Sen. Vincent J. Fumo, a banker, lawyer and licensed electrician, has been estimated at $20 million, and his stock and options from the bank his grandfather founded are worth an additional $13 million.
- Acting as solicitor, he gave a bonus to a Lawnside employee who held three jobs. The angry audience did not hold back.In one of his last acts before he was indicted last week, New Jersey State Sen. Wayne Bryant attended a Borough Council meeting in his hometown of Lawnside and helped steer a $10,000 "incentive" bonus to a woman who holds three borough jobs.
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As State Sen. Wayne Bryant made his way from the parking lot to the federal courthouse in Trenton yesterday morning, a swarm of cameramen and reporters descended on him. The reporters asked repeatedly whether he wanted to respond to the public corruption charges lodged against him last week, while he was on vacation in Mexico.
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TRENTON - Few professors at Rutgers University-Camden knew that State Sen. Wayne Bryant was a part-time instructor there for five years, and most told the FBI they never asked him to teach their classes because they didn't know he was on the payroll.
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TRENTON - State Sen. Wayne Bryant made his initial court appearance on corruption charges today, offering no comment in a case that started with the Camden County Democrat and broadened into a statewide investigation.
- They want Corzine to call a special session to deal with ethics. Democrats say the issue is being addressed already.TRENTON - A day after a leading Democratic lawmaker was indicted on federal corruption charges, Republicans yesterday asked the governor to call a special legislative session to pass anti-corruption bills.
- He could get a long term if convicted, lawyers say, because the alleged loss to taxpayers is so high.The corruption case against State Sen. Wayne Bryant (D., Camden) may not have the sex appeal of wiretaps, paramours, opulent spending, or old-fashioned cash bribes.
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Wayne Bryant's web of no-show jobs made him rich for today and extremely secure for tomorrow, according to the charges.
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After nearly 30 years on the New Jersey political scene, State Sen. Wayne Bryant had climbed his way to the top.
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