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November 18, 2008
Jury Convicts Former N.J. State Senator of Corruption Tied to Medical University
Wayne R. Bryant, once head of the New Jersey State Senate’s powerful appropriations committee, was found guilty today on all counts in a federal corruption trial relating to his work for the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey.
Mr. Bryant was convicted by a jury for steering $10.5-million in state grants to the university’s School of Osteopathic Medicine; for soliciting a $35,000-a-year job at the school; and for mail and wire fraud because he applied for the job and was paid through the mail, according to The Star-Ledger, a newspaper in Newark, N.J.
The jury also convicted the medical school’s former dean, R. Michael Gallagher, of bribery for hiring Mr. Bryant to perform a no-work job in community relations at the school. Other employees there said the senator spent just three hours a week on the campus, and “the only thing observed of Bryant by anyone was that he read the newspapers.” Each man faces a possible 15 years in prison upon sentencing, in March, The Star-Ledger reported.
In addition to the criminal convictions, the trial exposed how a powerful handful of Democratic state legislators controlled $12-million in state money under two previous governors through a grant program that has been suspended by Gov. Jon Corzine, also a Democrat.
Investigations by a federal monitor revealed that political patronage was rife at the university, and waste, fraud, and abuse there amounted to some $240-million. —Eric Kelderman
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After this cools down, they’ll both get six months of house arrest and retire on generous pensions. It’s good to have friends in high places.
— Cynyc Nov 19, 08:19 AM #
It gets even better. The dean of the Osteopathic Medical School will be recruited to one of the many Osteopathic Medical schools that start up every other day and in return, receive some obscene salary.
— dm Nov 20, 07:29 PM #