Talk:R. Budd Dwyer

It was found out later on that the claims were fake. This caused trauma to be filled through all of Pennsylvania since he was pursued with false allegations."

Comment posted by "Cowboycaviar" April 7 2020: "It was found out later on that the claims were fake. This caused trauma to be filled through all of Pennsylvania since he was pursued with false allegations."

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Statement of facts of the Dwyer case: 1. Working along with William T. Smith and John Torquato, R. Budd Dwyer pushed for legislation- Act 38 of 1984 (House Bill 1397)- that authorized Dwyer to be the only person who could award the FICA contract. 2. Dwyer then gave the contract to a company (Computer Technology Associates (CTA)) that had little experience and only 3 full time workers for $4.6 million dollars. However, there was a world famous company (Arthur Young and Associates) with 250 full-time employees offering the same services at only $2.3 million. The less expensive company even contacted him before he signed with CTA. Additionally, another 16 companies contacted Dwyer, all of which he ignored. 3. When there was a tip-off into bribery involving the awarding of the contract to CTA, and investigation by the FBI was commenced. Dwyer tried repeatedly to stop the investigation, stating that the US attorney had neither the authority nor evidence to pursue prosecution 4. Dwyer immediately cancelled the contract when he became aware that the FBI was investigating the awarding of it. 5. When Dwyer was investigated he admitted telling his staff to hide request for proposal information (RPE) (submitted by other companies) from the FBI. 6. When Dwyer was indicted, he said that it wasn't his decision to award the contract, but his "task-force" made the decision. However, Dwyer completely handled the contract for the 6 days before it was signed. He often had meetings with Smith and Torquato alone, specifically telling his aides to not come to these meetings. 7. After Dwyer was indicted he asked, via his lawyer Paul Killion, prosecutor James West for a deal: he would retire as state treasurer if the charges against him were dropped. The prosecutor didn't agree. Yet, Dwyer always said he would never accept a plea deal since he "did nothing wrong." 8. His bribe offer was found hidden on John Torquato's computer, and 4 impartial witnesses all testified at Dwyer's trial that they were aware that Dwyer was bribed. 9. William T. Smith admitted in 1984 to bribing Dwyer. In 1985 he said he did not bribe Dwyer, but it was Torquato who bribed him. From 1986 until the present day, Smith has always maintained that he bribed Dwyer, and that Dwyer accepted the bribe. Robert Asher, his co-defendent, also has acknowledged that Dwyer was bribed, and that he was trying to divert all of the bribe money to the Republican State Committee. 9. Dwyer said he gave the contract to CTA because they provided a system of "immediate credit", yet the CTA contract contained no information about this credit system. When other companies asked Dwyer why they were not awarded the contract, Dwyer never once mentioned that he gave the contract to CTA on the basis of this "immediate credit" system. 10. Dwyer did not call one defense witness at his trial and did not take the stand himself. It is very likely that Dwyer did not testify since he did not want his involvement in a 1980 conspiracy to come to light. This conspiracy involved Dwyer's wife's business "Poli-Ed," and two Pennsylvania State Education Association employees. In this conspiracy, Dwyer allegedly siphoned money from his campaign into his own personal funds. Dwyer's close friend Fred McKillop, a PSE employee, was fired due to this. 11. Towards the end of his life, Dwyer deceived all of those he was around (his family, friends, and colleagues): he let them all believe he was going to resign at the press conference, when he knew his true intention was to commit suicide. 12. All appears made on Dwyer’s behalf after his death were rejected. References: https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/...

Jenkins,Philip (1993) The C.T.A. case: A study in political corruption, "Crime, Law and Social Change" 19: 329-351 "Jury hears closing arguments in CTA Bribery Conspiracy Trial". Observer-Reporter. Budd Dwyer: Federal Bureau of Investigation report. "United States v. Dwyer, 654 F. Supp. 1254 (M.D. Pa. 1987)". Justia Law. United States of America v. Dwyer, R. Budd, Appellant, 855 F.2d 144 (3d Cir. 1988)". Justia Law. "Judge turns down motion for Dwyer retrial". Indiana Gazette. Associate Press. October 28, 1993. Lawyer’s challenge task force’s CTA selection,” Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) May 13, 1985 Stanzsd (talk) 17:20, 28 April 2020 (UTC)