His reporting rattled the Pennsylvania political establishment, landed lawmakers in prison and prompted public scrutiny of how state government spent hundreds of millions of dollars — at least — in
John Perzel, a Republican, was stone faced on the House floor as the coup unfolded to remove him from the speakership and replace him with a nominal Republican, Dennis O’Brien.
A well-known criminal defense attorney that has represented high profile politicians has joined the Harrisburg-area office of Lancaster County-based Saxton & Stump. William Costopoulos has joined Saxton & Stump’s office in Lower Paxton Township. Costopoulos joins the firm’s White Collar Defense practice and will support the firm’s Appellate and Post-Trial Advocacy, and Attorney and Judicial .